Outlook – June 29, 2019

So, Captain,

they’re off to the

moon again.

Thundering

typhoons!

To the lunar

south pole this time.

Wooah wooah!

Do they have water?

Do they sell

BONES on

the moon?

It’s an

elliptical orbit...

384,000 kilometres.

Named Pragyan (Sanskrit for wisdom), this 6-wheeled, 27-kg vehicle will carry an alpha

particle X-ray spectrometer and a laser-induced breakdown spectroscope for in situ elemental

mapping around the landing site

ROVER

Geosynchronous Launch Vehicle (GSLV) Mark-III.

This is India’s most powerful launcher.

(Source: ISRO)

ROCKET

Graphics by

DEEPAK SHARMA