{"id":1066,"date":"2008-11-28T12:09:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-28T11:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kids.esa.int\/india_starts_to_explore_the_moon\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T00:35:31","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T22:35:31","slug":"india_starts_to_explore_the_moon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kids.esa.int\/fr\/india_starts_to_explore_the_moon\/","title":{"rendered":"L\u2019Inde commence \u00e0 explorer la Lune"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lede\">\n<p>L\u2019Inde a atteint la Lune ! Sa sonde Chandrayaan-1 (\u201cVaisseau lunaire\u201d 1) a \u00e9t\u00e9 captur\u00e9e par l'attraction lunaire le 8 novembre. Apr\u00e8s avoir lanc\u00e9 trois fois son moteur principal, le vaisseau spatial de forme cubique survole actuellement les p\u00f4les lunaires \u00e0 une altitude d'environ 100 km.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Chandrayaan-1 est la premi\u00e8re mission indienne \u00e0 voyager au-del\u00e0 de l'orbite terrestre. Elle succ\u00e8de \u00e0 de r\u00e9cents orbiteurs lunaires, dont SMART-1 de l'ESA et des vaisseaux spatiaux lanc\u00e9s par la Chine et le Japon. La sonde indienne proc\u00e8de \u00e0 11 exp\u00e9riences scientifiques, dont cinq indiennes et trois europ\u00e9ennes. Les instruments europ\u00e9ens sont bas\u00e9s sur des exp\u00e9riences similaires effectu\u00e9es sur SMART-1. Ils sont con\u00e7us pour \u00e9tudier en d\u00e9tail la nature de la surface lunaire ainsi que ses faibles champs magn\u00e9tiques localis\u00e9s.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-natural\" data-width=\"400\" data-credit=\"Doug Ellison\/RAL\" data-detail-url=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/Media\/Animations\/c1xs_edited\" data-licence=\"ESA Standard Licence\" data-licence-url=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/ESA_Multimedia\/Terms_and_conditions_of_use_of_images_and_videos_available_on_the_esa_website\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/var\/esa\/storage\/images\/media\/animations\/c1xs_edited\/4232-5-eng-GB\/c1xs_edited.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/figure>\n<p>L'une des exp\u00e9riences les plus inhabituelles a \u00e9t\u00e9 celle de l'impacteur lunaire indien, l\u00e2ch\u00e9 de l'orbiteur le 14 novembre. Cette sonde a renvoy\u00e9 une s\u00e9rie de photographies lors de sa plong\u00e9e vers la surface. Au cours d'un vol qui a dur\u00e9 25 minutes, le syst\u00e8me radar a mesur\u00e9 son altitude et un autre instrument a \u00e9tudi\u00e9 l'atmosph\u00e8re rar\u00e9fi\u00e9e de la plan\u00e8te. L'impacteur s'est \u00e9cras\u00e9 \u00e0 la surface \u00e0 proximit\u00e9 du p\u00f4le sud \u2013 un endroit o\u00f9 dans des crat\u00e8res qui ne re\u00e7oivent jamais aucune lumi\u00e8re du soleil contiennent peut-\u00eatre de la glace.<\/p>\n<p>Le vaisseau transporte \u00e9galement un instrument radar qui recherchera de la glace hydrique dans les sombres r\u00e9gions polaires. D'autres donn\u00e9es importantes proviendront d'un altim\u00e8tre laser, qui donne des mesures pr\u00e9cises du relief de la surface.<\/p>\n<p>Chandrayaan-1 a \u00e9t\u00e9 lanc\u00e9 le 22 octobre 2008. L'ESA et l'Inde partageront les donn\u00e9es obtenues par leurs instruments. Parmi les autres partenaires internationaux de la mission figurent la Bulgarie et les \u00c9tats-Unis.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India has reached the Moon! Its Chandrayaan-1 (\u201cLunar Craft\u201d 1) was captured by the Moon\u2019s gravity on 8 November. 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