Tag: Vikram

BENGALURU: When Vikram lander of Chandrayaan-3 touched down on the Moon’s surface on August 23, it kicked up a bunch of lunar dust and rocks, creating a bright area around the lander, as it was expected.As Vikram descended and subsequently touched down on the lunar surface, it triggered the activation of its descent stage thrusters which resulted in the ejection of a substantial amount of lunar surficial epi-regolith (the top surface of the lunar soil or regolith) material, creating what scientists are now calling a “reflectance anomaly” or...