TECH TUESDAY: INDIA LAUNCHES 3RD MOON LANDING ATTEMPT – UNDERSTANDING THE SCIENCE BEHIND MOON-LANDING

On July 14 2023 the Indian Space Resource Organisation (ISRO) successfully launched their Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft from the Satish Dhawan Space Center, which is the primary spaceport of the ISRO. The goal of the mission is to put India’s first lander (Vikram) and rover (Pragyan) on the lunar surface and is scheduled to touch down on the Moon on August 23, 2023. This mission comes after the ISRO’s Chandrayaan-2 Vikram lander crashed on the Moon on September 6, 2019, due to a last-minute guidance software glitch. Dr. Jenifer Millard, and Dr. Prasad Subramanian speak to us.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.