Vikram, the Lunar Lander of India's third lunar mission Chandrayaan-3, is expected to make a gentle landing on the Moon's surface this month. On August 11, Russia will launch its first lunar landing spacecraft in the race to the moon.
Let’s discuss about the comparison about the Chandrayaan-3 mission and Russia's Luna-25 mission
Chandrayaan-3 mission The Indian Space Research Organization's Chandrayaan-3 is a large-scale project. The goal of this mission is to land a lander and rover near the Moon's south pole and demonstrate end-to-end landing and roving capabilities.
Russia's Luna-25 mission The Luna 25 mission, also known as the Luna-Glob-Lander, is a Russian lunar lander mission scheduled to launch on August 11, 2023. The mission's primary goal is to explore the composition of the polar regolith as well as the plasma and dust components of the lunar polar exosphere.
Lander design Chandrayaan-3 is made up of three modules: an indigenous lander module (LM), a propulsion module (PM), and a rover. The Luna 25 lander has a four-legged base that houses landing rockets and propellant tanks. Solar panels, communication equipment, onboard computers, and scientific instruments
Landing place The landing site of Chandrayaan-3, on the other hand, lies in the southern region. that Luna-25's primary landing spot is near the Moon's South Pole. In the south-west, there is also an unprotected location.
Payloads The Chandrayaan-3 lander includes payloads like as the Chandra Surface Thermophysical Experiment (ChaSTE) and the Langmuir Probe (LP) The Luna 25 spacecraft is equipped with eight scientific instruments, including gamma-ray and neutron spectrometers, infrared spectrometers, mass spectrometers, and imaging systems.
Mission time frame The lander and rover aboard Chandrayaan-3 have a mission life of around one lunar day (about 14 Earth days). The Luna 25 lander is intended to stay on the lunar surface for around a year, researching regolith and exospheric dust and particles.
Landing Date According to the most recent update, the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft got closer to the Moon's surface on Wednesday after undergoing another orbit reduction manoeuvre. The launch from Russia's spaceport, Vostochny cosmodrome, 3,450 miles (5,550 km) east of Moscow, is expected to take four weeks