Highlights: Chandrayaan-3 'feeling lunar gravity', next push closer to the moon today
Chandrayaan-3 Tracker Highlights: India's third lunar mission entered the moon orbit on Saturday.
Chandrayaan-3 Tracker Highlights: India's third moon mission's spacecraft inched closer to lunar landing, with the significant Lunar Orbit Injection (LOI) undertaken on August 5 at approximately 7:00 pm. Catch the highlights here. ...Read More
Chandrayaan-3's buzz sparks online frenzy: Check these widely shared AI-generated landing visuals!
Netizens are abuzz with excitement about India's third moon mission Chandrayaan-3. Check these widely shared AI-generated images of the spacecraft's landing on the moon.
Chandrayaan-3 news: What next in the mission?
The Chandrayaan-3 is scheduled to make lunar orbit entry today at 7:00pm. By the first weeks of August, Chandrayaan-3 will have completed 5-6 circles around the Moon, moving closer to the innermost circle. Over the following 10 days, it will determine the precise landing location in the Moon's south pole region, as announced by Union Space Minister Jitendra Singh.
Chandrayaan-3 is planned to attempt a soft landing on the lunar surface on August 23 at 5:47 pm IST. However, the timing might change due to the Moon's sunrise. If necessary, ISRO will reschedule the landing for September.
India's space mission news: The country 5th amongst spacefaring nations having end-to-end capabilities in space research, says Jitendra Singh
In a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday, Union Space Minister Dr Jitendra Singh informed, "27 satellites and 22 Launch Vehicle missions have been successfully accomplished during the period (July 2018 – July 2023), besides the successful Pad Abort Test (PAT) to qualify the Crew Escape System (CES) in July 2018 and the Reusable Launch Vehicle autonomous landing mission in April 2023."
Chandrayaan-3 live updates: ISRO gives ‘special update’ on moon mission
“Hello! This is Chandrayaan 3 with a special update. I want to let everyone know that it has been an amazing journey for me so far and now I am going to enter the Lunar Orbit today (August 5, 2023) at around 19:00 hrs IST. To know where I am and what I'm doing, stay tuned!” ISRO's LVM3-M4/CHANDRAYAAN-3 MISSION posted on X (formerly Twitter).
India's ISRO mission latest updates: What are Chandrayaan-3's objectives?
Chandrayaan-3 aims to accomplish almost the same objectives as its predecessor, Chandrayaan-2:
1) Successfully demonstrate a safe and soft landing on the lunar surface.
2) Showcase the mobility of the Rover on the Moon's terrain.
3) Conduct in-situ scientific experiments on the lunar surface.
Chandrayaan-3 moon mission LIVE Updates: ISRO confirms spacecraft's moon orbit entry today
“Chandrayaan-3 Mission: The spacecraft has covered about two-thirds of the distance to the moon. Lunar Orbit Injection (LOI) set for Aug 5, 2023, around 19:00 Hrs. IST,” Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) tweeted on Friday.
