India’s Chandrayaan-3 lunar lander barely kicked up any moon dust. Here’s why that matters

The Chandrayaan 3 mission’s Vikram lander photographed on the moon’s surface by the Pragyan rover. India’s Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft, which aced its historic landing near the moon’s south pole last August, barely kicked up any moon dust during descent thanks to a unique configuration of engines, a new study reveals. […]

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