By Ishika S. Singh
24th August
For Moon missions, the vast space between Earth and the Moon is a challenge. But the true trial is landing softly on the lunar surface.
The meaning of Soft-landing is basically controlled descent, ensuring the craft’s safe and gradual touchdown. They become indispensable in missions and scenarios where scientific measurements and tests follow the landing.
Soft landing is very tricky to achieve because even a tiny mistake in how the spaceship descends can cause it to crash or get damaged.
Soft landing is achieved by reducing the spacecraft's speed gradually, allowing it to touch down gently enabling the collection of valuable data and exploration on the moon.
No country has ever successfully soft landed on the moon and India’s Chandrayaan 3 became the first to soft land on the South Pole of the moon, making it a historic feat for India .
Soft-landing a lunar module means going from the screaming speeds of over 6,000 km/h to zero.