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Pragyan rover comes out of Chandrayaan-3 lander, to do experiments on moon’s surface for 14 days

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New Delhi, August 23

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The Pragyan rover has come out of the Vikram lander that descended on the lunar surface earlier today.

The launch of the rover, however, took time. This is because the rover cannot be launched till the dust kicked up by the landing of the Vikram lander is settled down. The gravity of moon being much less than Earth, it takes time for dust to dissipate there.

If the rover is rolled out before the dust settles down, it may have damaged the cameras and other equipment on the rover.

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The rover, however, came out quicker than a day that ISRO Chief S Somnath had spoken of.

“The rover will come out in a few hours. Sometimes it takes a day also… Once the rover comes out, it will do two experiments,” Somnath had told reporters after the landing.

“We are looking at a very exciting time after Pragyan’s entry… It will do experiments for 14 days,” he had added.

The data to be sent by Pragyan is of vital importance, given the traces of water found in the area.

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