00:00 India's Chandrayaan-3 mission, a significant milestone in lunar exploration, has achieved
00:13 another remarkable feat.
00:15 The Pragyan River part of the mission has successfully traversed 100 metres on the moon's
00:19 surface.
00:20 The Chandrayaan-3 mission is approaching the conclusion of its planned exploration period,
00:25 which spans one lunar day, equivalent to 14 Earth days.
00:29 The Indian Space Research Organisation, ISRO, is now preparing to initiate a sleep mode
00:33 operation for the Vikram Lander and Pragyan rover as the lunar night approaches, during
00:38 which temperatures are expected to plummet below -200 degrees Celsius.
00:43 S Somnath, the chief of the Indian Space Agency, said that the Pragyan rover and Vikram Lander
00:47 are still functional.
00:48 ISRO scientists are commencing the process of placing both of them into sleep mode in
00:52 the next one to two days as a need to tolerate the lunar night.
00:56 He further mentioned that the rover has covered a distance of approximately 100 metres from
01:00 the lander.
01:01 ISRO shared a picture of the path taken by the Pragyan rover as part of the lunar exploration
01:05 mission.
01:06 It shows the total traversed distance as 101.4 metres.
01:10 ISRO has been sharing data from in-situ scientific experiments conducted by the Chandrayaan-3
01:14 mission.
01:15 Recently, the Indian Space Agency said that a lunar seismic activity payload recorded
01:19 an event appearing to be a natural one, adding that the source of this event is under investigation.
01:24 Earlier, it was reported that the Alpha Particle X-ray Spectroscope has successfully identified
01:29 sulphur along with other minor elements on the lunar terrain.
01:32 The laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy instrument on board the rover has already substantiated
01:37 the presence of sulphur, adding to the growing body of knowledge about lunar composition
01:42 and characteristics.
01:43 Meanwhile, the Aditya L1, India's first space-based mission to study the sun, lifted
01:48 off on Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) rocket from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in
01:54 Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh on Saturday.
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