In a latest update, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has shared fresh images of the Chandrayaan-3, Indias third lunar mission spacecraft, on X (formerly known as Twitter).New pictures out of Chandrayaan-3, have a lookThe combination of pictures shows planet Earth as captured by Chandrayaan-3s Lander (Vikram) image camera and a photo of the moon just a day after it entered the lunar orbit. On August 05, the spacecraft successfully entered into the lunar orbit and it was launched on July 14 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Andhra Pradeshs Sriharikota.According to reports, it is expected to land on the moon on August 23.Sharing the pictures, ISRO has marked craters Eddington, Aristarchus and Pythagoras along with Oceanus Procellarum (Ocean of Storms), one of the large, dark plains on the lunar surface. Oceanus Procellarum is the largest of the seas, stretching more than 2,500 km across the moons north-south axis and covering an area of roughly 4,000,000 square kilometres.Chandrayaan-3 Mission:🌎 viewed byLander Imager (LI) Cameraon the day of the launch&🌖 imaged byLander Horizontal Velocity Camera (LHVC)a day after the Lunar Orbit InsertionLI & LHV cameras are developed by SAC & LEOS, respectively https://t.co/tKlKjieQJS… pic.twitter.com/6QISmdsdRS— ISRO (@isro) August 10, 2023Before landing on the moon, Chandrayaan-3, which is a successor of Chandrayaan-2, is set to perform multiple de-orbiting manoeuvres to bring it closer to the lunar surface so that lander Vikram can land there safely and efficiently.ISRO chief on Chandrayaan-3Briefing about the process, ISRO chief S Somanath said that a lander propulsion module separation exercise will be taken up after that, soon after the lander “de boost”, a process that slows down the craft. It will be followed by landing on the lunar surface on August 23, he explained.Speaking to the news agency PTI, Somanath said, “If everything fails, if all the sensors fail, nothing works, still it (Vikram) will make a landing. Thats how it has been designed – provided that the propulsion system works well.”Notably, Chandrayaan-3 will make India the fourth country after the US, China, and Russia to land its spacecraft on the moon, demonstrating the countrys ability for a safe and soft landing on the lunar surface.
