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Chandrayaan-3 landing news: The critical process of soft-landing has been dubbed by many as '15 minutes of terror', with the entire process being autonomous when the lander has to fire its engines at the right times and altitudes

Aug 23 could well be one defining moment in its scientific history as Vikram, the Lander will make its descent onto the Moon.

Prakash Raj took to Twitter to share a controversial photo mocking the Indian Moon Mission. Twitter called him out for his blind hatred and for making fun of a scientific mission.

According to ISRO, the lander module with the rover in its belly is expected to touch down on the Lunar surface around 6.04 pm on Wednesday.

ISRO is trying to make a soft landing of its lander ‘Vikram’ in the Chandrayaan-3 mission near the south pole in the dark side of the Moon. ISRO’s earlier attempt under ‘Chandrayaan-2’ suffered a communication problem that led to hard crash of the lander on the Moon’s surface.

ISROs Chandrayaan-3 mission establishes connection between Lander Vikram and Chandrayaan-2 orbiter.

On July 14, India’s third mission to the Moon was successfully launched from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Andhra Pradesh’s Sriharikota.

As of August 19, Chandrayaan's Vikram lander module is 157 km away from the Moon. On the other hand, Luna-25 is planning to make a landing on August 21 after successfully entering the lunar orbit around August 16.

Bengaluru, Aug 17: India's Chandrayaan-3 mission on Thursday achieved a major milestone when its Lander Module carrying the rover inside successfully separated from the Propulsion Module to be on course for an unprecedented soft-landing on the moon's South Pole planned on August 23. The Lander Module comprising the Lander Vikram and rover Pragyan is now

Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft's lander Vikram, which successfully separated from its propulsion module and continued its journey towards the Moon yesterday, will undergo a deboosting manoeuvre today at 4:00 pm today.