Tag: rover

BENGALURU: The Chandrayaan-3 lander Vikram has achieved another significant milestone on the Moon by performing a hop, which could give important learnings for future missions that may aim at bringing back samples.“Vikram Lander exceeded its mission objectives. It successfully underwent a hop experiment. On command, it fired the engines, elevated itself by about 40cm as expected and landed safely at a distance of 30–40cm away.This 'kick-start' enthuses future sample return and human missions!,”Isro said.Stating that all systems performed nominally and are healthy, Isro said the payloads that had...