India has made history by successfully landing a spacecraft on the Moon’s south pole, a feat that no other country has ever achieved. Chandrayaan-3, the third lunar mission of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), consists of a lander named Vikram and a rover named Pragyan, similar to those of the Chandrayaan-2 mission . The mission aims to demonstrate a safe and soft landing on the lunar surface, to demonstrate a rover roving on the Moon and to conduct in-situ scientific experiments . The Journey of Chandrayaan-3 Chandrayaan-3 was launched on July 14, 2023, from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, using the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mark III (GSLV Mk III) rocket . The launch was successful and the spacecraft entered the Earth’s orbit. After performing five orbit-raising manoeuvres, Chandrayaan-3 left the Earth’s orbit and entered the lunar transfer trajectory on July 23, 2023 . The spacecraft then performed four orb...
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