The world looks at Chandrayaan-2 data while we are going to explore the invisible: the head of Isro | India News

NEW DELHI: The Indian space research organization (Isro) took a major step on Tuesday morning by successfully placing Chandrayaan-2 in Moon's orbit and is now confident of landing the lunarc spacecraft on the lunar south pole at 1:55 am September 7th.
Isro President, K Sivan, said: "We have reached lunar orbit for the second time, first with Chandrayaan-1 in 2008. Now, the whole world is considering the Chandrayaan mission -2, because our spacecraft will land in a place on the moon where no other country, not even China (it landed on the dark side of the moon), has landed. This is because the South Pole is rich in water and minerals.
Explaining the landing site, Sivan said, "On September 7th, the Vikram Lander will land at a site located 71 degrees south of Moon's equator and 32.8 degrees to the north. # 39;. It will be between two craters Manzinus C and Simpelius N. Our mission will provide essential information on the South Pole and will help future lunar programs from India and other countries to establish a human base in this region. In fact, NASA has already announced its intention to create a human habitat in the South Pole and is awaiting the contributions of Chandrayaan-2 "to study the region.

The world is looking at the South Pole, craters untouched by sunlight for billions of years, providing undisturbed record of the origins of the solar system. It is estimated that its permanently shaded craters contain about 100 million tonnes of water and that its regolith (the layer covering the bedrock) contains traces of hydrogen, ammonia, methane, sodium, mercury and money, making it an untapped source of essential resources. The elemental and positional strengths of the South Pole make it an ideal starting point for future space exploration. This is why not only countries like the United States, Russia and China, but even private companies like Blue Origin and Space X, are planning lunar hubs in this region.
The leader of Isro told TOI: "The Pragyan rover will hit Moon's surface four hours after Vikram's landing at 7:55 am on September 7th, as it will move at a speed of 1 cm per second. Subsequently, it will take an hour and a half more to rover to send images of lunar and lunar data on Earth via the lander or the orbiter, the rover having no autonomous system. These images will then be calibrated and placed in the public domain. NASA can also use this data. "
The 13 payloads on board the orbiter, the lander and the rover will make a detailed study of topography, seismography, identification and distribution of minerals, surface chemical composition, characteristics thermo-physical properties of the upper layer of the soil and the composition of the tenuous lunar atmosphere. the origin and the evolution of the moon.