ISRO recently released some images of the Moon captured by Chandrayaan-2 and one of the craters has been named after Vikram Sarabhai, the father of the Indian space programme.
August 12 was Vikram Sarabhai's birth centenary and the naming of the crater is a tribute to the scientist, according to Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office Jitendra Singh.?
Mr Singh also said that the recent achievements of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), which have placed India as a frontline nation of the world, is a vindication of Sarabhai's visionary dream.?
¡®The Indian Space Research Organisation has sought to pay tribute to him in a special way by announcing that Chandrayaan-2 Orbiter has captured the Moon images of ''Sarabhai Crater'',¡¯ a statement quoting Mr Singh said.
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?The Sarabhai crater is about 250 to 300 kilometres east of the crater where the Apollo 17 and Luna 21 Missions previously landed.The Sarabhai crater, captured in 3D images, has a depth of around 1.7 kilometres.?
These findings will help scientists further understand the lunar region filled with lava.¡®Chandrayaan-2 continues to perform as per design and provides valuable scientific data.?
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'The public release of scientific data from Chandrayaan-2 for global use will begin in October 2020,¡¯ the statement said. Chandrayaan-2 was launched last year on July 22; it was supposed to land on the South Pole of the Moon.?
However, on September 7, the Vikram lander hard-landed on the moon and supposedly crashed. The orbiter of the mission is still working fine and has been sending data back.? ?
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