Aug 25, 2023
So happy about the sheer amount of attention chandrayaan 3 is getting.
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So happy about the sheer amount of attention chandrayaan 3 is getting.
Indian scientists haven’t heard from the Vikram lander for a full lunar day, after they lost contact during the robotic spacecraft’s descent.
The sun is setting on India’s first attempted lunar landing. As night fell over the lunar south pole on September 20, scientists’ hopes that the solar-powered Vikram lander would contact Earth before the end of one lunar day have been dashed.
Officials at the Indian space agency ISRO reportedly believe that the Vikram lander died on impact with the lunar surface on September 6. The probe lost contact shortly before it was meant to touch down near the moon’s south pole (SN: 9/6/19), according to the Times of India.
Still, there was hope that Vikram or its onboard rover would perk up and reestablish contact. ISRO spent two weeks — the equivalent of one lunar day — trying to communicate with Vikram. The lander and its rover, Pragyan, were designed to last one lunar day before the lack of sunlight and cold temperatures shut them down.
ISRO said that its Chandrayaan 2 orbiter took pictures on September 10 showing the lander lying flat or tilted on its side. Those images, however, were not publicly released.
NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter also flew over the landing site on September 17. But “lunar local time was near dusk; large shadows covered much of the area,” the space agency said in an e-mail. “The exact location of the lander was not known, so the lander may not be in the camera field of view.” NASA said that it would search again on October 14, when the sun is higher in the lunar sky.
After the sun completely sets on Vikram’s landing site, temperatures there will drop to about –180° Celsius for another two weeks. The solar-powered lander’s electronics are not expected to survive the frigid night.
ISRO has yet to put out an official statement. But the Times of India reported on September 20 that the team analyzing the mission’s failure believes that it was caused by an error in the spacecraft’s automatic landing program. The newspaper quoted an unnamed scientist as saying that the lander may have started spinning on its way to the lunar surface so that thrusters meant to slow the descent instead accelerated it.
Anyways Chandrayaan2 is launching and it's going to explore the South Pole of the Moon which has never been explored before. It's going to reach on the 9th of September so the raid date can't be a coincidence
All the world governments are involved so everyone buckle up and get ready to kiss kiss fall in love with them aliens from the moon
Music | Peninsula Arts Contemporary Music Festival 2017
Time to talk about upcoming travel.
Next week, I’m going to be going to Plymouth, in the UK, way in the southwest. I’ll be there February 23-26 for the Peninsula Arts Contemporary Music Festival. If you’re in the area, you should go, because Butterscotch Clinton is going to be there, and she’s amazing (first ever female national beatbox champion, and also a great musician/singer). I’ll be giving a talk on Friday the 24th at 8 p.m. Not 100% sure what else I’ll be doing there, but if I grab some free time, love to meet up!
I’ll also be in London on February 27th and most of the 28th. I’m already meeting up with a couple people; love to meet up with more!
On the 28th I’m leaving for Tiruchirappalli, India, way in the south. I’ll be there March 1st through March 4th, and I’m giving a talk on March 3rd for Pragyan ‘17. If you’re in southern India, let me know, and see if you can find your way to Trichy.
To sum up:
PLYMOUTH, UK FEB 23-26
LONDON, UK FEB 27-28
TIRUCHIRAPPALLI, INDIA MAR 1-4
Give me a shout if you think you can make any of these places/dates. :)
ISRO SHOULD BE ON TUMBLR. DESIBLR DREAMS OF THE MOON AND THEY LANDED ON THE MOON FOR US.
इसरो के कमांड पर विक्रम लैंडर ने इंजन चालू किया और उम्मीद के मुताबिक खुद को 40 सेंटीमीटर उठाकर और फिर 30-40 सेंटीमीटर दूर
Chandrayaan-3: As soon as the news came out that our Vikram and Pragyan (Vikram Pragyan), who went to the moon, have fallen
The news has come to the fore that Vikram and Pragyan, who went to the moon, have fallen asleep, now the question is arising in the minds of the public that will they wake up again? It is also reasonable to have such questions in mind because this will decide the way forward for them. If he does not wake up after 14 days, he will remain there forever as the ambassador of India. If we rise, we will continue to bring good news for India.
O módulo de pouso Chandrayaan-3 Vikram da Índia se tornou a primeira nave a pousar no polo sul lunar em 23 de agosto - e a sonda perdeu muito pouco tempo explorando cientificamente um ambiente que nenhuma missão de nenhum país jamais visitou.Agora, um instrumento a bordo do rover lunar Pragyan, da missão Chandrayaan-3, encontrou vestígios surpreendentes de enxofre no solo do polo sul lunar.https://twitter.com/isro/status/1696529346872451541Chamado de Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) e criado pelo Laboratório de Sistemas Eletro-Ópticos em Bangalore, esse instrumento sonda a superfície lunar literalmente obliterando-a. Para observar uma substância, o LIBS dispara pulsos de laser em uma amostra, que então vaporiza a substância em um breve plasma. O instrumento capta a luz emitida por esse plasma e analisa os comprimentos de onda para discernir quais elementos estão dentro.Quando o LIBS virou seu laser no solo do polo sul lunar, o instrumento encontrou a mistura esperada de alumínio, cálcio, cromo, ferro, manganês, oxigênio, titânio e silício - mas com uma pitada adicional de enxofre. As sondas em órbita que cruzam o polo sul da Lua nunca haviam detectado enxofre anteriormente, nem tinham viabilidade para fazê-lo, de acordo com um comunicado da Organização Indiana de Pesquisa Espacial (ISRO).Chandrayaan-3 está liderando o caminho para futuras missões, como Artemis 3, para pousar no polo sul lunar. Esta região na Lua é um lugar atraente para os seres humanos construírem uma presença duradoura devido ao fato de que o gelo de água está localizado sob os pés. Os futuros habitantes da Lua podem potencialmente aproveitar essa água para consumo, ou até mesmo para criar propulsores de foguetes, em vez de depender da água enviada da Terra.Ter uma composição química mais completa da área do polo sul lunar significa que os futuros viajantes e possíveis habitantes da região também podem planejar o que mais não precisam trazer da Terra. Em particular, alguns cientistas sugeriram que os habitantes da Lua poderiam usar enxofre em pedaços de infraestrutura, como materiais de construção, células solares e baterias.Durante os breves dias em que Vikram e Pragyan estiveram na Lua, a missão manteve as máquinas e seus operadores ocupados. Por exemplo, no fim de semana, a missão fez as primeiras medições de temperatura do solo da região do polo sul lunar.Quanto ao LIBS em si, a ISRO diz que os cientistas estão agora usando o instrumento para procurar outro elemento-chave: o hidrogênio.Fonte: isro