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Vikram: India's Journey to the South Pole of the Moon




 Vikram: India's Journey to the South Pole of the     Moon


Moon, the only natural satellite of earth has become the most interesting space object from the dawn of civilization. Since spacecraft was created, people have travelled towards the moon mostly. ISRO's Chandrayaan 2 is the most recent update in the history of lunar expeditions.


Chandryan 2, ISRO's second lunar mission was launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre on 22nd July 2019.It was carried by GSLV Mark 3 rocket. The spacecraft was destined to reach the Moon's Orbit on 20th August 2019. The main objective of the mission was to map and study the variation of lunar surface and composition as well as to trace lunar water. The main lunar module consisted of three important parts: an Orbiter, a Lander named Vikram and the Rover named Pragyan. The Lunar Lander Vikram, named in tribute to Vikram Sarabhai, father of Indian space research programme got separated from the orbital on September 2, 2019.
India was preparing to become the first country to land a mission on the south pole of the moon. Vikram was designed to safely land on slopes up to 12° as well as to function for one lunar day, equivalent to 14 days on earth.


On 7th September 2019, when the Nation was waiting to be the witness of the history, ISRO lost contact with Vikram at the last moment. Unfortunately we were only 2.1 km apart.

Initially it was declared as a crash. On 16th November,2019 the failure analysis report blames a software glitch as a reason of the crash. Both NASA and ISRO tried to trace Vikram to their best capacity. On 10th September 2019, ISRO announced that Vikram had been located but no communication was possible. It's true that we can't reach the final destination, but it is also true that we did achieve 95% success, which is really appreciable.We can't stop, we should keep on making attempts.We believe, one day, India will step on the moon. We all are waiting for that bright moment.

Debankur Kundu
ECE,1st year.
                                             

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