Pakistan send its satellite to orbit the moon with China's Chang’e-6

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• 2024-05-03 13:13:53

Islamabad: 3 May 2024: Pakistan has achieved something special by sending its satellite to orbit the moon with China's Chang’e-6 mission. This mission, launched from China, aims to explore the moon's "dark side" and includes research payloads from various countries, including Pakistan's iCube Qamar satellite.

The iCube-Q module, a project of the Institute of Space Technology (IST) in collaboration with China's Shanghai University and Pakistan's national space agency Suparco, is part of this historic mission.

Named after a mythical Chinese moon goddess, Chang’e-6 plans to collect lunar samples from the far side of the Moon, a first in human lunar exploration history. This mission is a significant step towards China's goal of establishing a crewed landing and a base on the moon's south pole.

Neighbouring country has alrerady achieved the milestone:

India has done something amazing by being the first to land on the southern part of the Moon. Only a few countries have done this before: the US, the Soviet Union, and China. The Vikram lander, part of Chandrayaan-3, landed safely at 6:04 PM local time. People all over India are celebrating, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi even said, "India is now on the Moon.

" The head of the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro), Sreedhara Panicker Somanath, shared that this achievement wasn't just the effort of Isro scientists now, but also of those from past generations. This success is even more impressive considering that just recently, Russia's Luna-25 spacecraft crashed on the Moon. Landing in the Moon's southern region is especially tough because the surface is rough with lots of craters and boulders.

This isn't India's first attempt. They tried in 2019, but it didn't work out. Despite the setback, India kept going, and this time, they made it.

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