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Chandrayaan-3 — India's third space mission to the Moon — after a month-long journey is all set to create history on Wednesday. The Lander Module will touch down near the South Pole of the Moon today, becoming the first to venture into the uncharted region of the Earth's natural satellite. The Lander Module, comprising the lander 'Vikram' and rover 'Pragyan', will demonstrate safe and soft-landing on the Moon's surface, roving on the Moon, and conduct in-situ scientific experiments.

The LM comprising the lander (Vikram) and the rover (Pragyan) is scheduled to make a touch down near the south polar region of the Moon at 6:04 pm on Wednesday, a feat not achieved by any country so far.

The Lander and the Rover have scientific payloads to carry out experiments on the lunar surface. The main function of the Propulsion Module (PM) was to carry the Lander Module (LM) from the launch vehicle injection till final lunar 100 km circular polar orbit and separate the LM from PM, which it did.

Chandrayaan-3 News: The final 15 minutes from 5.47 pm on August 23 will determine the success of the mission, which is often described as '15 minutes of terror'.

Chandrayaan-3 moon landing today Updates: ISRO set to initiate Automatic Landing Sequence (ALS) for Chandrayaan-3's Lander Module to touch down on the Moon.