- By Abhinav Gupta
- Sat, 07 Sep 2019 12:16 AM (IST)
- Source:JND
New Delhi | Jagran News Desk: India will become the first nation to reach closest to the Moon’s south pole when the Chandrayaan-2’s lander Vikram makes soft-landing on the lunar surface at 1:53 am on Saturday.
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) says Chandrayaan 2 will help scientists better understand the origin and evolution of the Moon by conducting detailed topographical studies, mineralogical analyses and a host of other experiments.
Here is the Chandrayaan 2 timeline for the next few hours released by ISRO:
01:38 am: Rough braking start (30 km)
01:48 am: Fine brake starting (7.4 km)
01:50 am: Local navigation start
01:52 am: First image of Moon surface sent to Earth
01:53 am: Vikram lander lunar touchdown
03:53 am: Rover Pragyan ramp deployment
04:23 am: Pragyan ON
05:03 am: Pragya solar panel deployment
05:19 am: Pragyan rover roll down
05:29 am: Pragyan rover touchdown
05:45 am: Vikram imaging by Pragyan