India’s Chandrayaan-3 (Chandrayaan 3) Mission is on its way. It was launched from Earth on 14 July. Recently, Russia’s space agency Roscosmos has also sent a mission to the moon. The mission named Luna-25 was launched on 10 August. It is being said that even after being launched later, the Luna-25 mission can make a soft landing on the south pole of the moon before Chandrayaan-3. Let’s know which mission is going to land on the moon.
When is the landing of Chandrayaan-3?
Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft flew to the moon on 14 July. It entered the Moon’s orbit on 5 August. Currently it is in its closest orbit with the Moon. spacedotcom has wrote is that
The landing site that Chandrayaan-3 is targeting is 69.37˚S 32.35˚E. ISRO has already told that it will attempt a soft landing on the moon on the evening of August 23 at 5.47 pm Indian time. ISRO’s Vikram Lander and Pragyan Rover run on solar energy, when they land there, sunlight will be present.
When is the landing of Luna-25?
Luna-25’s landing is also to be on the south pole of the moon. According to Space.com, it can be landed at the landing site 72.9˚S 43.2˚E. Reports say that Luna-25 is partially solar powered. The sun will rise on August 20 at the place where it can land. In such a situation, Russia’s Luna-25 can land on the Moon’s South Pole before India’s Chandrayaan-3 mission.
Still we will become number-1
Even if Russia’s mission lands first on the moon, India will still be number one. This is because there is no rover involved with the Luna-25 mission. While Chandrayaan-3 mission includes Pragyan Rover. When this 26 kg rover starts walking on the moon, India will become the first country in the world to have a rover on the south pole of the moon.