The second de-orbiting manoeuvre of Chandrayaan -2 spacecraft was successfully carried out early Wednesday, the Indian Space Research Organisation said, inching towards achieving a historic soft-landing on the lunar surface. "With this manoeuvre, the required orbit for the Vikram Lander to commence its descent towards the surface of the Moon is achieved," ISRO said in a statement.
Vikram is scheduled to roll out 'Pragyaan', a six-wheeled rover, after making a soft landing on the south polar region of the moon on September 7 between 1.30 a.m. to 2.30 a.m. 'Pragyaan' will carry out the research for which it was designed.
Just as ISRO's Chandrayaan-2 is inching closer to landing on the moon, a hilarious video of a man in spacesuit has gone viral. The 'astronaut' can be seen doing the moonwalk on pothole-filled roads of Bengaluru.
India's second moon mission -- Chandrayaan-2 -- will make landing on the lunar surface on September 7. The moon lander 'Vikram' separated from Chandrayaan-2 orbiter on Monday. On Sunday, Chandrayaan-2 completed its fifth and final manoeuvre and achieved an orbit of 119km x 127km. Before landing on the Moon's South Pole, Chandrayaan-2 has two deorbit manoeuvres of Vikram Lander.
After Moon lander 'Vikram' separates from Chandrayaan 2 orbiter on Monday, the ISRO's Moon mission is on its final stage before it lands on the lunar surface. But before that, there will be two deorbit manoeuvres of Vikram Lander to prepare for its landing.
The Vikram Moon Lander, named after the father of India's space mission Vikram Sarabhai on his birth centenary year, is scheduled to touch the lunar surface near its south pole on September 7 at about 1.55 am.
The Vikram Moon Lander, named after the father of India's space mission Vikram Sarabhai on his birth centenary year, is scheduled to touch the lunar surface near its south pole on September 7 at about 1.55 am.
The Indian space agency on Sunday successfully completed the fifth and final lunar bound orbit manoeuvre for the Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft.
Suyansh is among the 60 students who have been selected from across the country to watch India's ambitious moon mission Chandrayaan-2 landing on the surface of moon with Modi at ISRO headquarters in Bengaluru.
The next lunar-bound orbit manoeuvre is scheduled on September 1, between 6 to 7 p.m.
Two students from every state are being selected for the event on the basis of the online quiz. Rashi, who is extremely excited at being selected said: "Given a chance I would like to talk to the Prime Minister. I want to become an IAS officer."
Chandrayaan-2, which carries a dream of placing a rover on the lunar surface, has lowered its orbit around the Moon with just days to go for the D-Day when the lander Vikram will separate from the spacecraft.
The orbit manoeuvre began at 9.04 am and took 1190 seconds (approx 19.83 minutes) to complete. The orbit achieved is 179 km x 1412 km distance said ISRO.
They may not have touched the moon but they will witness the historic landing of Chandrayaan-2 on the moon along with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at ISRO control room in Bengaluru next month.
ISRO shares first Moon image captured by Chandrayaan-2
"Second Lunar bound orbit maneuver for Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft was performed successfully today (August 21, 2019) beginning at 1250 hrs IST as planned, using the onboard propulsion system.
Post the successful insertion, the officials rejoiced and greeted each other on an exceptional feat, which ISRO Chief K Sivan explained as something that held them speechless and spellbound for minutes.
Moon-bound Chandrayaan-2 on Tuesday successfully entered the lunar orbit in a major milestone for the ambitious moon mission of India. It was a tense 30-minute operation, ISRO Chairman K Sivan told IANS. He shared how tension and anxiety turned into a joyous occasion.
In a massive feat, moon-bound Chandrayaan 2 has been successfully placed in the moon's orbit.
In a massive feat, moon-bound Chandrayaan 2 has been successfully placed in the moon's orbit. Now all eyes are on the September 7 moon landing.
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