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Former ISRO chief looks to the future as Chandrayaan-3 mission nears lunar touchdown
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Former ISRO chief looks to the future as Chandrayaan-3 mission nears lunar touchdown

[ad_1] As Chandrayaan-3 inches closer to its lunar touchdown, former ISRO chief K Sivan has shared his thoughts on future space missions. Chandrayaan-3, a continuation of Chandrayaan-2 mission, aims to showcase India's capabilities in safe lunar landings and lunar exploration. It's equipped with a propulsion module, lander module, and a rover to test new interplanetary technologies.The propulsion module carried the lander and rover to a lunar orbit 100 kilometres above the moon's surface. It also carries the SHAPE payload to study Earth from the moon's orbit. The mission's goals include demonstrating a safe landing, rover exploration on the moon, and conducting on-the-spot scientific experiments. K Sivan's Vision for India's Space FutureK Sivan, the former ISRO chief, emphasised the nee...