New Delhi: The Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) ambitious mission to the Moon, Chandrayaan 3 spacecraft is scheduled to make soft landing on the south pole of lunar surface at around 6:04 pm on Wednesday. The space agency also shared that people can watch the historic event live on ISRO website, the space agency’s official YouTube channel, ISRO’s Facebook page, and DD National from 5:27 pm onwards on the 23rd of August.
Earlier this morning, ISRO announced that Chandrayaan-3’s lander module comprising lander ‘Vikram’ and rover ‘Pragyan’, has successfully completed its second and final deboosting, which reduced the lander module orbit to 25km by 134km (25 KM X 134 KM) in the wee hours. The spacecraft’s Vikram lander successfully completed its first deboosting operation at 4 pm on August 18, reducing the lander module’s orbit to 113km x 157km.
A successful Moon landing will make India the fourth country to have achieved this feat.
