Students from various institutions participated in a data analysis workshop by India’s space agency.
Story so far: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) plans to launch the Chandrayaan-3, the agency’s third lunar exploration, between June and July of 2023. On March 28 and 29, it organised a workshop on the mission’s data archival and analysis.
- Held at the Indian Space Science Data Centre, Byalalu, near Bengaluru, the workshop saw 50 participants who were trained in the analysis of in-situ data.
- It prioritised teaching the analysing of laboratory data of the Chandrayaan-3 payloads. Subsequently, an interactive session between representatives of academia and various institutions added rigour to the lectures.
Why it matters? The Chandrayaan-3 mission will use scientific apparatus to examine the thermo-physical properties of the lunar regolith, lunar seismicity, elemental composition in the vicinity, and lunar surface plasma environment in the landing site.
- The students’ introductory training will prepare them to deal with data from the mission.