{"id":2027504,"date":"2023-09-10T19:41:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-10T23:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/moonquake-detected-for-first-time-in-nearly-50-years\/"},"modified":"2023-09-10T19:44:33","modified_gmt":"2023-09-10T23:44:33","slug":"moonquake-detected-for-first-time-in-nearly-50-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/moonquake-detected-for-first-time-in-nearly-50-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Moonquake detected after almost 50 years."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmoonquake-detected-for-first-time-in-nearly-50-years%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2027504&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>A Sleeping Rover Makes Lunar Discoveries<\/h2>\n<p>A historic moment in India&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doj-investigating-spacexs-hiring-practices-after-non-u-s-citizen-alleges-discrimination\/\" title=\"DOJ Investigating SpaceX\u2019s Hiring Practices After Non-U.S. Citizen Alleges Discrimination\">space exploration<\/a> has unfolded as \u2062a rover landed on the south pole of the moon. Despite being in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/soros-attempts-to-defend-disastrous-record-of-backing-leftist-das\/\" title=\"Soros Attempts to Defend Disastrous Record of Backing Leftist DAs\">sleep mode<\/a>, the Pragyan rover from the Chandrayaan-3\u200d spacecraft has made remarkable lunar discoveries.<\/p>\n<p>Since its arrival on August 23, the rover entered\u2064 sleep \u200bmode two weeks later due to the south \u200bpole\u2063 entering a phase of prolonged darkness. \u2063However, even in this dormant state, it managed to detect seismic activity on the moon&#8217;s surface.\u2062 This groundbreaking finding\u2062 provides\u2064 additional evidence of moonquakes, a phenomenon not\u200c observed since the Apollo lunar missions between 1969 and 1977.<\/p>\n<h3>Unveiling the Moon&#8217;s Secrets<\/h3>\n<p>Scientists\u200c have long speculated about the\u2064 occurrence \u2063of moonquakes, attributing \u200dthem to the moon&#8217;s hypothesized iron core and its mantle layer. The presence of ridges and faults \u2064on the moon&#8217;s surface \u200csuggests movement and collisions\u200d between mantle plates.<\/p>\n<p>The \u200cIndian Space Research \u2063Organization&#8217;s Micro Electro Mechanical Systems played a crucial\u200b role in detecting this specific seismic activity. Unlike the previous Apollo missions, which used the Passive Seismic Experiment \u200dPackage, this instrument has the advantage of continuous monitoring. The Apollo missions could only record \u206321 days\u2063 of activity,\u2064 whereas the Indian rover has been able to capture an extended period\u200c of seismic data.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2064 is worth noting\u2064 that\u2063 the moonquakes observed during the Apollo missions were occasionally caused by meteorite impacts. The data collected during that time revealed \u2064hundreds of meteorite hits.<\/p>\n<h3>Pragyan&#8217;s Mission and Surprising Discoveries<\/h3>\n<p>The Pragyan rover is scheduled to awaken during the next sunrise on\u200d September\u200b 22. \u2063Its primary objective is to search for signs of \u2062frozen water. However, during its \u200dsleep mode, it has already made some unexpected discoveries.\u2062 The rover has detected the presence of aluminum, calcium, chromium, iron, titanium, manganese, silicon, and oxygen on the lunar surface.<\/p>\n<p>India&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russia-and-china-partner-up-to-build-research-station-on-moon\/\" title=\"Russia And China Partner Up To Build Research Station On Moon\">lunar exploration<\/a> journey has not been without challenges. In 2019, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/moonquake-detected-for-first-time-in-nearly-50-years\/\" title=\"Moonquake detected after almost 50 years.\">previous lunar mission ended<\/a> in \u2062a crash. Just days before Pragyan&#8217;s successful landing, \u200cRussia also experienced a mission failure \u200cin the same area. Nevertheless, India has persevered and has now sent the Aditya-L1 rocket, which is set to orbit\u2063 the sun after completing several\u200b revolutions\u2062 around the Earth.<\/p>\n<p>While India continues its\u2062 lunar exploration, the United States remains the only country to have successfully landed a man on the moon. With \u2063plans to return in 2024 \u200bthrough the Artemis II mission and a moon landing scheduled for 2025 with the Artemis \u200cIII mission, the quest for lunar exploration continues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A sleeping Pragyan rover, part of India&#8217;s Chandrayaan-3 mission, has made significant lunar discoveries despite being in sleep mode. It landed on the moon&#8217;s south pole historically and entered sleep mode on Aug. 23. 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