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August 24, 2023
India News: As India entered an elite club of nations with its successful lunar landing mission on Wednesday, President Droupadi Murmu posted a congratulatory mes
August 24, 2023
Leading this Chandrayaan-3 mission was the main scientist, P. Veeramuthuvel, with Srikant serving as the mission director and Kalpana as the associate project director at ISRO. M. Sankaran served in the role of director, while S. Somanath held the position of chairman at ISRO. Among the team members was scientist Chayan Dutta from Assam. The mission targeted the Moons South Pole, successfully achieving Indias inaugural soft landing on the lunar surface.
August 22, 2023
Indias space agency, ISRO, has confirmed that its lunar mission, Chandrayaan-3, is proceeding as planned. The systems are being regularly checked, and the Mission Operations Complex in Bengaluru is busy with preparations for the missions landing. The live telecast of the landing operations will begin on August 23. Chandrayaan-3 aims to achieve a soft landing on the moon, demonstrate the rovers capabilities, and conduct scientific experiments to better understand the moons composition. If success...
August 20, 2023
ISRO announced on Sunday that it has successfully reduced the orbit of the Chandrayaan-3 missions Lander Module (LM), bringing it closer to the moon. The LM, comprising the lander Vikram and rover Pragyan, is set to touch down on the lunar surface on August 23. The LM will undergo internal checks before commencing the powered descent. Chandrayaan-3 is a follow-on mission to Chandrayaan-2 to demonstrate end-to-end capability in safe landing and roving on the lunar surface.
August 18, 2023
Indias Chandrayaan-3 spacecrafts Vikram lander is set to conduct a crucial deboosting manoeuvre today. The lander has been named after Vikram Sarabhai, regarded as the father of the Indian space programme. It has been a month and three days since the Indian Space Research Organisation launched the Chandrayaan-3 mission on July 14. The spacecraft was launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Andhra Pradeshs Sriharikota.
August 16, 2023
After the modules are separated, the lander is expected to undergo a deboost
August 14, 2023
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on August 14 commenced orbit circularisation phase of the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft even closer to the Moons surface with another orbit reduction manoeuvre on August 14. The lander is scheduled to make a soft landing on August 23. The Chandrayaan-3 mission is intended to demonstrate Indias capability to safely land and rove on the Moons surface, and to conduct scientific experiments.
August 9, 2023
India’s third spacecraft to Moon and second with Lunar lander is now even closer to the Moon as ISRO announced another successful Orbit Reduction Maneuver. ISRO’s official twitter handle informed, “Chandrayaan-3 Mission: Even closer to the moon’s surface. Chandrayaan-3's orbit is reduced to 174 km x 1437 km following a manuevre performed today. The next…