India’s lunar lander is working “perfectly,” the head of the country’s space agency said Monday.
Indian spacecraft Chandrayaan-3 travels after it was launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, India, Friday, July 14, 2023. | Aijaz Rahi/AP PhotoIndia’s lunar lander is working “perfectly,” the head of India’s space agency said Monday, just days after RussiaThe Chandrayaan-3 lander is scheduled to land on the moon on Wednesday with no contingencies expected, Indian Space Research Organization Chair S. Somanath“It raises the stakes of success.
Both countries aimed for the region because of its potential supply of water, which could provide the building blocks for breathable oxygen, drinking water and even rocket fuel for spacefaring nations with bases on the south pole. “It will signal an arrival of sorts on the global stage and change the perception of India … ‘looking up’ to Russian achievements and technological know-how,” Garretson said. “If successful, the leadership order has flipped.”
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