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Updated at: Aug 23, 2023 23:14 IST
Chandrayaan-3: A look at India’s historic lunar mission
Chandrayaan-3 lander module successfully landed on the moon’s South Pole on Wednesday evening, making India the first country to achieve the historic feat. PM Modi hailed the Chandrayaan-3 mission that created history and said “India is now on the moon”.A look at Chandrayaan-3’s successful odyssey
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India scripted history by becoming the first country to successfully soft-land on the moon's south pole on Wednesday. "Chandrayaan-3 Mission: 'India, I reached my destination and you too!': Chandrayaan-3," posted ISRO on microblogging site X.
Source: ANI Photos
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On August 22, ISRO released some more pictures of the moon captured by the camera attached to the Vikram Lander module.
Source: ISRO
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On August 21, the Chandrayaan-2 orbiter, which was already fixed around the moon, established a two-way connection with the lander module of Chandrayaan-3.
Source: ISRO
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On August 20, the second and final deboosting operation of Chandrayaan-3 was carried out successfully. Deboosting is the process of slowing down the spacecraft for successful landing.
Source: ISRO/Twitter
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On August 17, the mission marked another giant leap in its lunar quest as the 'Vikram' lander module of the spacecraft successfully separated from the propulsion module.
Source: ISRO/Twitter
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On August 5, the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft successfully entered into the Lunar orbit. “MOX, ISTRAC, this is Chandrayaan-3. I am feeling lunar gravity,” the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) posted on ‘X’ (formerly Twitter).
Source: Twitter/ISRO
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Chandrayaan-3 was launched on GSLV Mark 3 (LVM 3) heavy-lift launch vehicle on July 14 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Andhra Pradesh’s Sriharikota as per the scheduled launch time.
