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.
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.