ISRO shares Chandrayaan-3 latest images: Pragyan rover navigates Moon's treacherous terrain, avoiding massive crater

| Aug 28, 2023, 07:11:57 PM | TOI.in
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Chandrayaan-3's Pragyan rover encountered a 4-meter crater on the Moon's surface on August 27, positioned just 3 meters ahead. ISRO swiftly commanded the rover to backtrack and choose a safer route. This incident followed a previous successful navigation of a smaller 100-mm deep crater. Rover operations on the Moon are semi-autonomous, relying on ground stations for mobility commands. Path planning involves generating a digital elevation model using the rover's navigation camera data. Ground teams decide the rover's path and transmit commands. A similar maneuver was executed on August 27 to avoid the newly discovered crater.

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