The mission is on a quest to make a historic landing and find water ice
BST on Wednesday and begin its quest to find water ice on the moon.The average time to travel to the Moon – which is about 238,855 miles from Earth – using rocket propulsion is approximately three days, according toHowever, the fastest flight without landing was by Nasa’s New Horizons probe, which passed Earth’s satellite after eight hours and 35 minutes on its way to Pluto.
Once it began lunar orbit the spacecraft gradually came closer to its target, slowing down for a soft landing. This strategy means it is a more fuel-efficient and economical mission – but it also requires more time. In 2019, the Indian Space Research Organisation’s Chandrayaan-2 mission successfully deployed an orbiter but its lander crashed.
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