Chandrayaan I, India’s 2008 lunar mission, achieved its primary goal of deploying a lunar rover using an Indian-made launch vehicle. It successfully landed on November 14, 2008, transmitting data to its mother satellite, including the discovery of water in lunar soil. Despite technical challenges, it operated for about 317 days, making significant scientific contributions.
Russia’s Luna-25 spacecraft faced challenges during its approach to the moon’s landing orbit, launched on August 10, 2023, marking Russia’s return to lunar exploration after 47 years. Similar to Chandrayaan-3, both missions target the moon’s south pole, intending to study lunar elements like dust particles and plasma.
Sixth planet from the Sun and the second largest planet in our solar system; Saturn has always amazed us with its beautiful and complex rings made up of chunks of ice and rock. It is a gas giant made mostly of hydrogen and helium. It is a seldom visited gem in our solar system with only a few missions visiting it including Pioneer 11,