Study conducted by ISRO team in collaboration with NASA-JPL, IITs of Kanpur & Dhanbad, University of Southern California, published in Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing.
The whole event will take about two and a half hours, but totality will only last about four minutes. Google has created a special animation to mark this astronomical spectacle.
The lander, the first one made in US since Project Apollo, was scheduled to land on moon 23 February. It is reportedly carrying DNA of John F. Kennedy, a piece of Mt Everest etc.
State space corporation, Roscosmos, said the control unit failed to turn off propulsion system, which blasted for one and a half times longer as the craft hurtled towards moon.
Chandrayaan-3 on a mission to explore & study Moon’s south pole, which is rich in water resources. First journey to lunar region that astronomers have wanted to explore for decades.
From coastal Andhra Pradesh to Jallianwala Bagh in Punjab, from bonfires in UP to midnight pledges in Chennai and Lahore, Vande Mataram was a war cry to galvanise people toward azaadi.
With the US-India trade deal yet to get done, rupee depreciation may be helping to mitigate India’s loss of competitiveness. The other problem is extreme despondence among overseas equity investors.
Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).
Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.
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