BENGALURU: The first picture of Moon captured by India’s Chandrayaan-2 satellite, currently in the lunar orbit, was released by space agency ISRO on Thursday.
The picture of Moon was taken by Chandrayaan-2’s LI4 Camera from an altitude of about 2,650 km from the lunar
surface on August 21, the city-headquarters Indian Space Research Organisation said.
“Take a look at the first Moon image captured by #Chandrayaan2 #VikramLander taken at a height of about 2,650
km from Lunar surface on August 21, 2019. Mare Orientale basin and Apollo craters are identified in the picture,” ISRO
tweeted along with the picture. (AGENCIES)
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