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Monday, May 6, 2024
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Topic: Chandrayaan-3

Vikram exceeds mission objectives, says ISRO as it prepares to put lander & rover to ‘sleep’

The space agency said the lander had also undergone a hopping experiment which would enthuse ‘future sample returns and human missions’.

BSc generals calling the shots, Pakistan’s space programme is rather earthbound

A selection of the best news reports, analysis and opinions published by ThePrint this week.

Chandrayaan: Pragyan & Vikram preparing to ‘sleep’ to survive long lunar night, says ISRO chief

Once lunar day lasting 14 Earth days comes to end, both lander & rover to face low temperatures likely to jam systems. Both to be put to 'sleep' so they can continue experiments.

On eve of ISRO’s Aditya-L1 launch, a look at solar missions from around the world

Aditya-L1, to launch on 2 September, will study the Sun’s surface and magnetic fields. In the past, US, Japan & China, and the European Space Agency, have launched solar missions.

‘Intrinsic, volcanic, meteoritic?’ asks ISRO as Chandrayaan-3 rover reconfirms sulphur on Moon

After finding the element on the Moon’s south pole on Tuesday in the first in-situ probe, Pragyan finds sulphur again with a different technique.

Octopus’ mind to Chandrayaan-3 — ThePrint has been making science ‘chic’ for 5 years

ThePrint reporters have found vegan leather produced from mangoes, profs publishing in fake science journals, and stargazing tourism in the Andamans.

‘Image of the mission’: Pragyan takes first photos of lander Vikram on Moon’s surface

The lander made history on 23 August when it became the first spacecraft to touch down on the Moon’s south pole.

Chandrayaan-3 Pragyan rover confirms presence of sulphur on lunar surface, says ISRO

It also said the instrument also detected aluminium, calcium, iron, chromium, titanium, manganese, silicon and oxygen, as expected.

Lesson on ‘divisions’, what Nitish Kumar wants & a ‘Chandra Hindu Rashtra’

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Chandrayaan-3 rover rolls onto moon’s surface, braces for new challenges

ISRO chief S. Somanath said the lander and the rover were in good condition, and 'both are working very well' but the experiments were yet to start.

On Camera

Karnataka, Maharashtra—Why Phase 3 could mean BJP falling short of the magic number 272

As in the second phase, the BJP-led NDA’s problem in the third phase of the 2024 Lok Sabha election is that it has an awful lot of seats to defend — 80 out of the 93 seats that go to polls.

Air India reduces baggage allowance by 5-15 kg, bringing it in line with rest of industry

Air India’s new policy, effective from 2 May, introduces new weight limits for tickets in each of the different 'fare families' — Comfort, Comfort Plus, and Flex.

Indian Coast Guard seizes Iranian fishing vessel, rescues six Indian crew members

The ICG said in a statement that the boat was seized and brought to Kochi for further investigation on May 6.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.