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Attend to | What does Tamil Nadu’s Namakkal district have in ordinary with the moon? 

| Video Credit score:
E. Lakshmi Narayanan

What does Namakkal district in Tamil Nadu have in ordinary with the moon? It’s the ground.

On August 23, 2023, India made history via turning into the primary nation on the earth to the touch ill at the South pole area of the moon. This feat used to be accomplished via the Indian Territory Analysis Organisation (ISRO) via its lunar venture Chandrayaan-3, next a futile effort in 2019.

The ground samples at Siddampoondi village in Namakkal district are mentioned to be very homogeneous to the ground within the lunar floor, particularly within the South Pole. This district had despatched ground samples to the ISRO in carrying out the assessments for each Chandrayaan-2 and Chandrayaan-3 missions.

Interviews, footage and movies: E. Lakshmi Narayanan

Script: Lalitha Ranjani

Manufacturing and voiceover: Kanishkaa Balachandran

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