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Judi Lynn

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Fri Aug 25, 2023, 03:38 AM Aug 2023

India's lunar rover goes down a ramp to the moon's surface and takes a walk


Story by By ASHOK SHARMA, Associated Press •
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NEW DELHI (AP) — A lunar rover slid down a ramp from the lander of India's spacecraft within hours of its historic touch-down near the moon’s south pole, Indian space officials said Thursday, as the country celebrated its new scientific accomplishment.

“India took a walk on the moon,” the state-run Indian Space Research Organization said, adding that the Chandrayan-3 Rover would conduct experiments over 14 days, including an analysis of the mineral composition of the lunar surface.

Residents of the world's most populous country had crowded around televisions in offices, shops, and restaurants on Wednesday and erupted into clapping, dancing, and exchanging of sweets when they saw the lander’s smooth touchdown. It landed on uncharted territory that scientists believe could hold vital reserves of frozen water.

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Indian Space Research Organization Chairman S. Somnath said the lander had touched down close to the center of the 4.5-kilometer-wide (2.8-mile-wide) area that had been targeted for the landing. "It landed within 300 meters (985 feet) of that point,” the Press Trust of India cited him as saying.

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India's lunar rover goes down a ramp to the moon's surface and takes a walk (Original Post) Judi Lynn Aug 2023 OP
I don't know why but it really choaked me up when it landed safely. Javaman Aug 2023 #1
Careful not to run into the Russian debris field SCantiGOP Aug 2023 #2

Javaman

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1. I don't know why but it really choaked me up when it landed safely.
Fri Aug 25, 2023, 07:28 AM
Aug 2023

I'm a space geek and anything that pushes the ball forward regarding exploration just gets to me.

Congratulations to our Indian neighbors on this little blue marble!

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