The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has released images taken by Chandrayaan-3’s rover module Pragyan. Two images taken by Pragyan’s navigation camera are the first to be released by the space agency after the rover ramped down from the Vikram lander onto the lunar surface on August 23.
ISRO said the rover encountered a 4-metre diameter crater while traversing on the lunar surface on August 27 and to avoid it, it retraced its path and is now headed on a new path.
While one of the two images shared by ISRO on Monday shows the crater, the second shows the path retraced by the rover.
“On August 27, 2023, the rover came across a 4-metre diameter crater positioned 3 metres ahead of its location. The rover was commanded to retrace the path. It’s now safely heading on a new path,” ISRO posted on X, previously Twitter.
