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Communication with Indian spacecraft aimed at lunar landing ceased

2019-09-19T03:13:39.476Z


■ Understand from Q Q Is India trying to land on the moon? A It is “Chandrayan 2” of the lunar explorer. Chandrayaan was launched in July in Sanskrit for “moon ride”. 7th of this month, the moon ...


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Q. India was trying to land on the moon?

A It is “Chandrayan 2” of the lunar explorer. Chandrayaan was launched in July in Sanskrit for “moon ride”. On the 7th of this month, I got down to an altitude of about 2km in order to land on the South Pole of the Moon, but unfortunately the communication was lost. If successful, it would have been the fourth country after the former Soviet Union (Russia), the US and China.

Q Is it difficult to land?

A Although it is 1 / 6th of the earth, it is difficult to land on the moon with a certain amount of gravity. Also, since there is no atmosphere, it cannot be decelerated with a parachute like Mars with atmosphere. The only thing that can be done is to slow down the speed and control the aircraft just by injecting the engine. In April this year, an Israeli probe failed to land and crashed into the moon.

Q Why did you aim for the South Pole of the Moon?

A Moon's Antarctic and Arctic Crater ...

Source: asahi

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