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India’s lunar lander is preparing for a historic landing attempt near the moon’s south pole. The spacecraft is capturing stunning footage during its descent. See striking moon photos captured ...
India’s Chandrayaan-3 made a historic landing on the moon on Wednesday, 23 August. The country’s third moon rocket conducted a soft landing on the lunar south pole. The feat makes India the ...
NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India on Wednesday became the fourth country to land on the moon after the Indian Space Research Organisation's Chandrayaan-3 touched down on the lunar south pole. “India is ...
This is a success for all of humanity! Opening new avenues for new areas of exploration." [117] Bill Nelson, the administrator of NASA wrote "Congratulations ISRO on your successful Chandrayaan-3 lunar South Pole landing and congratulations to India on being the 4th country to successfully soft-land a spacecraft on the Moon. We're glad to be ...
An uncrewed robotic moon lander, operated by India’s space agency and known as the Chandrayaan-3, touched down on the moon’s south polar region shortly after 8:30 a.m. ET Wednesday.
The Chandrayaan programme (/ ˌ tʃ ʌ n d r ə ˈ j ɑː n / CHUN-drə-YAHN) (Sanskrit: Candra 'Moon', Yāna 'Craft, Vehicle', pronunciation ⓘ) [4] [5] also known as the Indian Lunar Exploration Programme is an ongoing series of outer space missions by the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) for the exploration of the Moon.
Chandrayaan-3 was launched aboard an LVM3-M4 rocket on 14 July 2023, at 09:05 UTC from Satish Dhawan Space Centre Second Launch Pad in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, India. On 23 August 2023, as the lander approached the low point of its orbit, its four engines fired as a braking manoeuvre at 30 kilometres (19 mi) above the Moon's surface.
No country has ever managed a soft landing on the lunar south pole – yet Chandrayaan-3: How to watch India’s historic Moon mission to land probe on uncharted lunar south pole Skip to main content