ISRO releases video of Chandrayaan-3 rover 'Pragyan' rolling down to lunar surface from lander
Bengaluru (PTI): ISRO on Friday released a breathtaking video of the Chandrayaan-3 mission's rover 'Pragyan' rolling down from the lander 'Vikram' to the lunar surface as observed by the lander imager camera.
"... and here is how the Chandrayaan-3 Rover ramped down from the Lander to the Lunar surface", said the message along with the video posted on 'X' by the national space agency.
ISRO also released the image of the lander taken by Chandrayaan-2's Orbiter High Resolution Camera (OHRC) after it soft-landed on the Moon's surface.
"Chandrayaan-3 Mission update: I spy you! Chandrayaan-2 Orbiter photoshoots Chandrayaan-3 Lander! Chandrayaan-2's Orbiter High-Resolution Camera (OHRC) -- the camera with the best resolution anyone currently has around the moon -- spots Chandrayaan-3 Lander after the landing on 23/2 /23," read the ISRO post.
Chandrayaan-2 Orbiter, launched in 2019, continues to orbit the Moon.
The Vikram lander with Pragyan rover in its belly touched down on the Moon's surface "well within the area" identified for the purpose on Wednesday.
A few hours after the landing, the 26-kg six-wheeled rover rolled out from the lander's belly.
ISRO said on Thursday evening: "All activities are on schedule. All systems are normal. Lander Module payloads ILSA, RAMBHA and ChaSTE are turned ON today. Rover mobility operations have commenced. SHAPE payload on the Propulsion Module was turned ON on Sunday."
India on Wednesday scripted history as its third unmanned Moon mission's lander module made a flawless soft-landing, making it only the fourth country to achieve this feat, and first to reach the uncharted south pole of Earth's only natural satellite.
Here is how the Lander Imager Camera captured the moon's image just prior to touchdown. pic.twitter.com/PseUAxAB6G
— ISRO (@isro) August 24, 2023
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Mere 35.25% students clear Karnataka Second PUC-2 examination
Bengaluru: The results of II PUC exam-2 for the academic year 2023-24 were declared on Tuesday evening and only 35.25% of students have passed the exam, the majority being girls, as usual.
The second PUC exam-2 was conducted from April 29 to May 16 in 301 exam centres. 7875 lecturers took part in the evaluation of the answer papers in 28 evaluation centres across the state, from May 18 to 28. According to the results published, 22.24% students in arts stream, 22.06% students in commerce stream and 55.16% students in science stream have cleared the exams.
A total of 1,49,824 students had registered for the exam. Among the total registered, 1,48,942 students appeared for the exams and out of this, only 52,505 students have passed, which amounts to a mere 35.25%. Out of the 84,632 boys who wrote the exam, only 24,496 (31.31%) have passed. However, the passing percentage among the 64,310 girls who appeared for the exams is 40.44%, with 26,009 students clearing it.
The last date to apply for the scanned copies of answer sheets is May 23 and the copies may be downloaded from May 22 to 24. The fee for obtaining scanned copies is 530 rupees and the revaluation charge for each paper is 1670 rupees.
The registration for second PUC exam-3 is open from May 23 to 28. With a fine, one may also register from May 29 to May 30. Application for exam-3 can be submitted before the results of the revaluation are announced.
The 2nd PUC Exam-3 will be conducted from June 24 to July 5. Kannada, Arabic exams will be held on June 24, English exam is on June 25, Sociology, Biology, Geology, Electronics, Computer Science exams are on June 27, Chemistry, Economics exams are on June 28, History, Physics exams are on June 29, Home Science, Political Science, Statistics exams are on July 1, Logic, Business Studies, Mathematics, Education exams are on July 2, Geography, Psychology, Basic Maths exams are on July 3, Hindi exam is on July 4, and Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Marathi, Urdu, Sanskrit, French exams are on July 5.
