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Chandrayaan-3's lander performing hop experiment was unplanned, says ISRO official

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Chandrayaan-3's Vikram lander performing hop experiment on the Moon was unplanned and went beyond the mission's objectives, Project Director P Veeramuthuvel told India Today. Chandrayaan-3 clocked a world first by touching down near the Moon's south pole on August 23. Both the Vikram lander and Pragyan rover gathered a wealth of data during their 14-day research period on the lunar surface, added Veeramuthuvel.