06 September 2019
India's Chandrayaan-2 lander due to touchdown tonight
...on the lander and two are attached to the mission’s rover, Pragyan. Pragyan is a 6-wheeled robotic unit that runs on solar power. ... the soft landing.” That soft landing should place Vikram and Pragyan at a latitude of about 70 degrees south in a high...
22 July 2019
Its lift-off for India's Chandrayaan-2 Moon mission
... N, and carry out scientific activities for approximately 15 days. Meanwhile, the wheeled rover stowed aboard – called Pragyan – will perform on-site chemical analysis up to a half a kilometre from the lander. Any data it collects as it ambles around...
07 September 2019
Chandrayaan-2 lander fails to touchdown successfully
... Moon from afar. "Only 5 per cent of the mission has been lost - Vikram the lander and Pragyan the rover - while the remaining 95 per cent - that is the Chandrayaan 2 orbiter - is orbiting the moon successfully...
