About the vision of chandrayaan 2
Moving slowly towards the edge of discovery
Chandrayaan 2 is an Indian lunar mission that will boldly go where no country has ever gone before — the Moon's south polar region. Through this effort, the aim is to expand our understanding of the Moon — discoveries that will help India and humanity as a whole. These insights and understandings aim at a pattern shift in how lunar expeditions are approached for years to come — boosting further expeditions into the farthest frontier.
Why are we going to the Moon?
The Moon is the nearest galactic body at which space discovery can be attempted and documented. It is also a promising testbed to exhibit technologies required for deep-space missions. Chandrayaan 2 efforts to foster a new age of discovery, increase our understanding of space, stimulate the advancement of technology, promote global alliances, and inspire a future generation of explorers and scientists.
What are the scientific objectives of Chandrayaan 2?
Why explore the Lunar South Pole?
Moon provides the best linkage to Earth’s early history. It offers an unscathed historical record of the inner Solar system situation. However there are a few mature models, the origin of Moon still needs added explanations. Extensive mapping of the lunar surface to study variations in lunar surface composition is vital to trace back the origin and evolution of the Moon. Evidence for water molecules revealed by Chandrayaan-1, requires additional studies on the extent of water molecule distribution on the surface, below the surface and in the fragile lunar exosphere to address the origin of water on Moon.
The lunar South Pole is particularly interesting because of the lunar surface area here that remains in shadow is much larger than that at the North Pole. There is a chance of the presence of water in forever shadowed areas around it.
Chandrayaan-2 will try to soft-land the lander -Vikram and rover- Pragyan in a high plain between two craters, Manzinus C and Simpelius N, at a latitude of about 70° south.
Moving slowly towards the edge of discovery
Chandrayaan 2 is an Indian lunar mission that will boldly go where no country has ever gone before — the Moon's south polar region. Through this effort, the aim is to expand our understanding of the Moon — discoveries that will help India and humanity as a whole. These insights and understandings aim at a pattern shift in how lunar expeditions are approached for years to come — boosting further expeditions into the farthest frontier.
Why are we going to the Moon?
What are the scientific objectives of Chandrayaan 2?
Why explore the Lunar South Pole?
Moon provides the best linkage to Earth’s early history. It offers an unscathed historical record of the inner Solar system situation. However there are a few mature models, the origin of Moon still needs added explanations. Extensive mapping of the lunar surface to study variations in lunar surface composition is vital to trace back the origin and evolution of the Moon. Evidence for water molecules revealed by Chandrayaan-1, requires additional studies on the extent of water molecule distribution on the surface, below the surface and in the fragile lunar exosphere to address the origin of water on Moon.
The lunar South Pole is particularly interesting because of the lunar surface area here that remains in shadow is much larger than that at the North Pole. There is a chance of the presence of water in forever shadowed areas around it.
Chandrayaan-2 will try to soft-land the lander -Vikram and rover- Pragyan in a high plain between two craters, Manzinus C and Simpelius N, at a latitude of about 70° south.
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