Chandrayaan-3's Vikram lander went through a key deboosting manoeuvre on Friday after successfully getting separated from the propulsion module.
August 23 is the D-Day and if Vikram makes a soft landing and Pragyan rover rolls out on the Moon’s surface, it will be a red-letter day in the history of India.
Everything is going well so far in ISRO's mission Chandrayaan-3... After separation from the propulsion module, the Vikram lander is circling alone in the lunar orbit. De-orbiting of Vikram Lander will be done today… After this, de-orbiting will also happen on 20th August.
Chandrayaan-3: ISRO is bidding to make a successful soft landing on the moon, which will make India the fourth country in the world to achieve the feat after the United States, Russia, and China.
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India's Chandrayaan is going to create a new history today. Today ISRO is going to take a step further in the direction of hoisting the tricolor on the moon. India's Chandrayaan-3 has reached very close to the moon.
Chandrayaan-3: The propulsion module will work like a satellite between lander and ISRO control room. It will decode the lander's messages and pass them to ISRO.
Chandrayaan-3 mission: Vikram lander successfully separated from the spacecraft's propulsion module. The lander and the rover are carrying scientific payloads to carry out experiments on the lunar surface.
India's Chandrayaan-3 mission moved closer to the moon as ISRO revealed the imminent detachment of the lander module from the propulsion module, slated for August 17. The successful firing manoeuvre placed Chandrayaan-3 in its intended orbit of 153 km x 163 km after lunar-bound manoeuvres.
According to the national space agency, it is time for preparations as the Propulsion Module and the Lander Module gear up for their separate journeys.
As the mission advances, a progression of moves are being directed by Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to steadily diminish Chandrayaan-3's orbit and position it over the lunar poles.
In a video reel that has gone viral on Facebook, some scenes of space are seen playing. In this video, some astronauts are seen visiting a fictional planet. Here they are seen doing some searching inside the wreckage of something like a spaceship.
India's Chandrayaan 3 or Russia's Luna 25 , who will reached first on moon
The launch from Russia's Vostochny spaceport in the Far East of Luna-25 craft to the moon is Russia's first since 1976 when it was part of the Soviet Union.
In the latest set of images, the ISRO shared pictures of Earth and Moon captured by Chandrayaan 3
Chandrayaan-3's mission began on July 14, entering lunar orbit on August 5. To bring it closer to the Moon's surface, three de-orbiting maneuvers are planned for August 9, 14, and 16, reducing its orbit to 100 km x 100 km. The final landing on August 23 will involve a separation exercise.
Speaking during the interaction over 'Chandrayaan-3: Bharat’s Pride Space Mission', ISRO chief S Somanath said that the 'Vikram' lander has been designed in such a way that it will be able to handle failures.
ISRO earlier had announced that Chandrayaan-3 will attempt a soft landing on the moon's surface on August 23.
Chandrayaan-3 mission: According to ISRO, there will be three more moon-bound manoeuvers till August 17. After this, the landing module will break away from the propulsion module.
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