Chandrayaan 3: Pragyan rover rolls out of lander Vikram near Lunar south pole
Bengaluru: Hours after India’s Chandrayaan 3 mission successfully landed on the lunar south pole, creating a major milestone the Pragyan rover was rolled out of the lander Vikram and is slowly stepping into the moon's surface. The videos of the same are surfacing on the micro-blogging site Twitter.
India's lunar rover, named Pragyan—meaning "wisdom" in Sanskrit—has been designed for a groundbreaking lunar exploration mission. This mission encompasses two significant experiments focused on analyzing the elemental and chemical composition of the moon's surface. The rover weighing 26 kilograms can work only one lunar day which is equivalent to 14 days on the earth.
Meanwhile, according to media reports, the rover using its rear wheels will also imprint the logos of ISRO and the national emblem, depicting the Lion Capital of Ashoka at Sarnath, on the lunar surface.
Big Breaking News - #PragyanRover has successfully rolled out of lander and landed on Moon Surface.
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ISRO has now landed two Machines on South Pole of Moon.♥️ pic.twitter.com/FI6eSAezju
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Death toll from Israeli strikes in northeast Lebanon rises from 8 to 24, Lebanese news agency says
Deir al-Balah, Nov 1: Israeli airstrikes on Friday killed at least 24 people in northeastern Lebanon, the country's news agency said, raising the death toll from eight there.
It was the latest deadly toll in the area since the conflict between Israel and the Lebanese group Hezbollah escalated last month.
Israel's military has said that its operation in Lebanon is targeting Hezbollah's military infrastructure.
Lebanon's state National news Agency reported four airstrikes in different villages across country's northeast, saying rescuers were still searching for survivors in Younine, a town in the Bekaa Valley, from the rubble of a targeted house.
Hussein Haj Hassan, a Lebanese lawmaker representing the region in Baalbek-Hermel region, said that 60,000 people have already fled their homes in the area due to Israeli bombardment.
