The Indian Space Research Organisation has released a set of photos of and a video of the Earth captured by Chandrayaan 2, India’s second moon mission launched last month.
The ISRO took to Twitter to share a set of breathtaking photos and a video transmitted by Chandrayaan 2 while orbiting the majestic planet. The image below was how the Earth looked from space by Chandrayaan 2 on Saturday at 5.29 pm.
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Earth as viewed by #Chandrayaan2 LI4 Camera on August 3, 2019 17:29 UT pic.twitter.com/IsdzQtfMRv— ISRO (@isro) August 4, 2019
The second photo, taken two minutes later, was equally spectacular.
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Earth as viewed by #Chandrayaan2 LI4 Camera on August 3, 2019 17:32 UT pic.twitter.com/KyqdCh5UHa— ISRO (@isro) August 4, 2019
The Rs 983 crore mission had come 11 years after the Indian Space Research Organisation’s successful first lunar mission, Chandrayaan 1. On that occasion, Chandrayaan 1 had made more than 3,400 orbits around the moon and was operational for 312 days till 29 August 2009.
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Earth as viewed by #Chandrayaan2 LI4 Camera on August 3, 2019 17:34 UT pic.twitter.com/1XKiFCsOsR— ISRO (@isro) August 4, 2019
Speaking after the launch, ISRO Chairman K Sivan said, “I am extremely happy to announce that GSLV Mark 3 successfully injected the Chandrayaan 2 into orbit.” He said that it was the ‘beginning of a historical journey for India.’ Sivan also referred to the technical snag spotted and fixed by his ‘intelligent’ scientists in time for today’s successful launch.
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Earth as viewed by #Chandrayaan2 LI4 Camera on August 3, 2019 17:37 UT pic.twitter.com/8N7c8CROjy— ISRO (@isro) August 4, 2019
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that India will send a human into the orbit by 2022. The lunar landing of Chandrayaan 2 is set to take place on 7 September. Modi is likely to watch the event live.
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See the video showing the images of earth captured by #Chandrayaan2 #VikramLanderhttps://t.co/kUObyABKEU— ISRO (@isro) August 4, 2019
