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  Introduction India's lunar mission, Chandrayaan-3, has made groundbreaking discoveries on the Moon's surface. The Pragyan rover, part of the mission, has detected several elements near the lunar south pole. While the biggest discovery is that of sulphur in the lunar south polar region, it has also detected the presence of aluminium, calcium, iron, chromium, titanium, manganese, silicon, and oxygen. Pragyan Rover                                Vikram Lander What is Chandrayaan-3? Chandrayaan-3 is India's third lunar mission. It was launched on August 23, 2023, and reached the Moon's surface safely in a textbook style. The mission aims to explore the Moon's south pole region and conduct scientific experiments to study its surface and environment. How was the discovery made? The Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscope (LIBS) instrument onboard the Pragyan rover was instrumental in these discoveries...

  Introduction Aditya-L1, a mission to study the sun, is being launched by India into space just days after Chandrayaan-3, the nation's moon rover project, landed successfully. The polar satellite launch vehicle (PSLV-XL) will be used to launch Aditya-L1 at 11:20 PM PT on September 1 (11:50 AM IST on September 2) from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, South India, the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) stated on Monday. After launch, the spacecraft will take roughly 109 days to travel the 933,000 miles to the Lagrange point 1 (L1), which is between the sun and Earth. Through the Aditya-L1 mission, ISRO hopes to get a better understanding of coronal heating, coronal mass ejection, pre-flare, and flare activity, as well as their properties, the dynamics of space weather, and the transmission of particles and fields. Four remote sensing payloads are among the numerous science, observation, and experiment packages that make up the 3,300-pound satellite. Aditya-L1,...

  India's space journey has been a remarkable one, marked by perseverance, innovation, and ambition. From humble beginnings that saw rocket parts being transported on bicycles and bullock carts, to becoming the fourth nation to successfully land on the lunar surface, India has come a long way. In this blog post, we will revisit some of the major milestones of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) that have led to the groundbreaking achievement of Chandrayaan-3. ISRO's Story I From Bicycles & Bullocks to Chandrayaan 3 I Sarabhai I Kalam I Moon Mission Satellites: The Backbone of India's Space Programme The launch of the Aryabhata satellite on April 19, 1975, marked India's entry into the space era. Built to conduct experiments in X-ray astronomy, aeronomics, and solar physics, the 360 kg spacecraft was entirely designed and fabricated by ISRO. Prime Minister Indira Gandhi named it after the legendary fifth-century mathematician and astronomer, choosing Arya...