The Pragyan rover and the Vikram lander are now about half-way through their two-week mission.
The first image of the Chandrayaan 3 mission's Vikram lunar lander on the moon's surface taken by the mission's Pragyan rover.
India's Pragyan moon rover photographed its mothership, the Vikram lander, for the first time, as the two continue their ground-breaking exploration halfway through the Chandrayaan-3 mission. The Indian Space Research Organization released two black and white images of Vikram on Wednesday, Aug. 30, showing the"Smile, please📸! Pragyan Rover clicked an image of Vikram Lander this morning," ISROsharing the images on X, formerly Twitter."The 'image of the mission' was taken by the Navigation Camera onboard the Rover ."
According to the post, the image was taken on Wednesday at 7:35 a.m. Indian Standard Time . One of the images is annotated, showing two of Vikram's science sensors deployed on the moon's surface — the Chandra's Surface Thermophysical Experiment and the Instrument for Lunar Seismic Activity .
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