NEW DELHI: The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) on Wednesday released images of Chandrayaan-3‘s Vikran lander clicked by Pragyan rover on the lunar surface.
The image was taken by the Navigation Camera onboard the rover, Isro said.
“Pragyan Rover clicked an image of Vikram Lander this morning. The ‘image of the mission’ was taken by the Navigation Camera onboard the Rover (NavCam). NavCams for the Chandrayaan-3 Mission are developed by the Laboratory for Electro-Optics Systems (LEOS),” Isro said on X, formerly known as Twitter.
The image was taken by the Navigation Camera onboard the rover, Isro said.
“Pragyan Rover clicked an image of Vikram Lander this morning. The ‘image of the mission’ was taken by the Navigation Camera onboard the Rover (NavCam). NavCams for the Chandrayaan-3 Mission are developed by the Laboratory for Electro-Optics Systems (LEOS),” Isro said on X, formerly known as Twitter.
On August 27, Chandrayaan-3 rover Pragyan came across a 4-metre diameter crater positioned 3 metres ahead of its location, causing it to change its path.
TOI had earlier reported that rover operations on the Moon are semi-autonomous and ground stations need to uplink commands for its mobility.
For every path planning, the rover’s onboard navigation camera data is downloaded to ground for generation of a digital elevation model (DEM), then the ground and mechanisms teams will decide which path to take and uplink the command for the rover to follow.
On August 27, a similar operation was carried out to ensure that the rover avoids the new crater.