
Written By Shweta Ganjoo
Written By Shweta Ganjoo
Edited By: Shweta Ganjoo| Published By: Shweta Ganjoo| Published: Aug 23, 2023, 07:24 PM (IST)
India’s third unmanned lunar mission, Chandrayaan-3, took off from the Launch Vehicle Mark-3 (LVM-3) from the second launch pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota at 2.35PM on July 14.
Chandrayaan-3 was successfully inserted into the lunar orbit on August 5. “A retro-burning at the Perilune was commanded from the Mission Operations Complex (MOX), ISTRAC, Bengaluru,” ISRO said at the time.
Chandrayaan-3 includes three parts – Propulsion Module, Lander Module or Vikram Lander and Rover Module or Pragyan Module. Chandrayaan-3 began manoeuvres to separate the Propulsion Module from the Lander Module on August 17.
ISRO shared the first images and videos captured by the sensors on-board Vikram Lander on August 18. The images were captured by the Lander Position Detection Camera (LPDC) on August 15, 2023.
Chandrayaan-3 established contact with Chandrayaan-3 on August 21. “Welcome, buddy!,” Chandrayaan-2 beamed to Chandrayaan-3 as shared by ISRO.
ISRO gears for Chandrayaan-3 landing on the moon. At 12:52PM, ISRO said that it is set to initiate the Automatic Landing Sequence (ALS). ISRO also said that the Lander Module will reach the designated spot for landing on the south pole of the moon at around 17:44 IST on August 23.
Here is an image of the Vikram Lander as it gets closer to the surface of the moon.
Here is an image of the Vikram Lander as it gets closer to the surface of the moon.
Chandrayaan-3 successfully makes a soft landing on the south pole of the moon.
PM Modi congratulated ISRO and all the scientists who are a part of the Chandrayaan-3 mission over their achievement.
With the successful landing of Chandrayaan-3 on the moon, India has become the fourth country to demonstrate soft landing on the moon and the first country to land on the south pole of the moon.