Prez Murmu congratulates ISRO team for successful deployment of Pragyan-rover

President Droupadi Murmu on Thursday congratulated ISRO team and fellow citizens for successful deployment of Pragyanrover from inside Vikramlander and said it marks the success of yet another stage of Chandrayaan3I look forward with excitement alongside my fellow citizens and scientists to the information and analyses that Pragyan will acquire and enrich our understanding of the moon Murmu saidIndia had on Wednesday scripted history as ISROs third Moon mission Chandrayaan3s Lander Module LM touched down on the lunar surface making it only the fourth country to accomplish the feat and first to reach the uncharted south pole of Earths only natural satelliteI once again congratulate the ISRO team and all fellow citizens for successful deployment of Pragyanrover from inside Vikramlander Its rolling out a few hours after the landing of Vikram marked the success of yet another stage of Chandrayan 3 I look forward with excitement alongside my fellow citizens and scientists to the information and analyses that Pragyan will acquire and enrich our understanding of the moon the President said on microblogging site XI once again congratulate the ISRO team and all fellow citizens for successful deployment of Pragyanrover from inside Vikramlander Its rolling out a few hours after the landing of Vikram marked the success of yet another stage of Chandrayan 3 I look forward with excitementhellipmdash President of India rashtrapatibhvn August 24 2023Meanwhile Chandrayaan3 missions Lander Module which touched down on the lunar surface has rolled out the rover Pragyan with ISRO saying India took a walk on the moonOn its official X handle ISRO said the rover ramped downChandrayaan3 ROVER Made in IndiaMade for the Moon The Ch3 Rover ramped down from the lander and India took a walk on the moon it said Official sources had earlier confirmed the developmentIn precision landing Chandrayaan 3s LM Vikram touched down the lunar surface at 604 pm on Wednesday sending the nation into wild celebrationsThe ISRO had earlier said the 26 kg sixwheeled rover was scheduled to descend from the landers belly onto the Moons surface using one of its side panels as a rampThe lander Vikram and rover Pragyan with a total mass of 1752 kg are designed to operate for one lunar daylight period about 14 Earth days to study the surroundings thereHowever ISRO officials do not rule out the possibility of them coming to life for another lunar dayThe rover will carry out insitu chemical analysis of the lunar surface during the course of its mobilityBoth the lander and the rover have scientific payloads to carry out experiments on the lunar surfaceThe rover would study the surface of the moon through its payloads APXS Alpha Particle XRay Spectrometer to derive the chemical composition and infer mineralogical composition to further enhance understanding of the lunar surfacePragyan also has another payloadLaser Induced Breakdown Spectroscope LIBS to determine the elemental composition of lunar soil and rocks around the lunar landing siteISRO Chairman S Somnath had earlier said After powered descent of lander on to the landing site there will be deployment of ramp and rover coming out After this all the experiments will take place one after the other all of which have to be completed in just one day on the moon which is 14 daysWith inputs from PTI