India’s lunar rover to carry out experiments on moon’s surface

The Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft prepares for landing ahead of its mission to examine the lunar surface (ISRO via AP)

A lunar rover descended a ramp from the lander of India’s spacecraft within hours of its historic touch-down near the moon’s south pole, Indian space officials have said, as the country celebrated its new scientific accomplishment.

“India took a walk on the moon,” the state-run Indian Space Research Organisation said, adding that the Chandrayan-3 Rover would conduct experiments over 14 days, including an analysis of the mineral composition of the lunar surface.