Chandrayaan-3 rover comes across crater on lunar surface, commanded to head on new path

By PTI

BENGALURU: The Chandrayaan-3 mission’s rover ‘Pragyan’ was commanded to head on a new path after it came across a crater just metres ahead of its location on the lunar surface, ISRO said on Monday.

It’s now safely heading on the new path, the Bengaluru-headquartered national space agency said in a social media post.

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ISRO said that on August 27 the rover came across a four-metre diameter crater which was three metres ahead of its location.

“The rover was commanded to retrace the path,” it added, following which it is headed on a new path.

<br /> BENGALURU: The Chandrayaan-3 mission’s rover ‘Pragyan’ was commanded to head on a new path after it came across a crater just metres ahead of its location on the lunar surface, ISRO said on Monday.</p> <p>It’s now safely heading on the new path, the Bengaluru-headquartered national space agency said in a social media post.</p> <p>ALSO READ | “India being taken seriously after recent moon mission, a lesson for people who ridiculed it”googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); });</p> <p>ISRO said that on August 27 the rover came across a four-metre diameter crater which was three metres ahead of its location.</p> <p>“The rover was commanded to retrace the path,” it added, following which it is headed on a new path.<br />