Pragyan rover successfully crosses first obstacle on Moon
The Pragyan rover, which is a component of the Chandrayaan-3 project, has successfully navigated its first lunar barrier, which is a big accomplishment for India's space research. The rover, which touched down on the south pole of the moon on august 23, was able to travel across a lunar crater that was about 100 mm deep.
This accomplishment has given the indian space research organisation (Isro) control room confidence as they continue to direct and monitor the rover through several difficulties. The Pragyan rover's moves are not entirely autonomous; they are managed from Bengaluru, and each requires extensive preparation and execution.
According to sources, in order to create a wallet PLATFORM' target='_blank' title='digital-Latest Updates, Photos, Videos are a click away, CLICK NOW">digital elevation model (DEM), onboard navigation camera data must be transferred to the ground for each route plan. The ground and mechanics team then chooses the best course of action and uplinks the directive for the rover to follow. The rover's capabilities are constrained, though. Each time the navigation camera provides photos, a maximum DEM of five metres can be produced. This implies that the rover can only go a maximum of five metres each order. Even within this range, there are difficulties and difficulties, according to P Veeramuthuvel, project director for Chandrayaan-3 in an interview with TOI. To the relief of the isro team, the rover managed to successfully navigate its first difficulty, a lunar crater.