Chandrayaan 3's Successfull Landing Updates

Chandrayaan 3 landing pic by ISRO

The Indian Space Research Organization's (ISRO) third lunar mission, Chandrayaan-3, launched on July 14 at 2:35pm , successfully landed on the lunar surface on August 23, making India the fourth country after the former Soviet Union, the United States and China to make a soft landing on the lunar surface.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated the ISRO scientific team and said: “India's mission to the moon was not only a success in India.Our approach to one earth, one family and one future resonates around the world... The mission to the moon follows the same human-centric approach. This success therefore belongs to all mankind".

India became the first country to land near the Moon's South Pole, with the successful landing of Chandrayaan-3, Lander module of ISRO's third lunar mission, India has reached the Moon!

(Vikram)Lander and Rover 

Around 5:44 p.m., the lander module's powered landing began. Electric downhill is divided into four stages: hard braking, holding position, good braking and downhill. The lander completed each of these stages without issue and 19 minutes later, at 6:03 pm. The lander landed smoothly and safely on the moon.

Exactly at 6:30pm the lander touched down on the lunar surface and joyful celebrations took place at the Mission Operations Complex (MOX) of ISRO's Telemetry, Tracking and Command (ISTRAC) Network, Bangalore. The lander then successfully deployed Rover that will perform in-situ chemical analysis on the lunar surface during transit. The lander and rover, whose mission duration is one lunar day (14 Earth days), has the scientific payload to conduct experiments on the lunar surface.

The Chandrayaan-3 mission was launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota.

Chandrayaan-3 consists of a native lander module, a propulsion module and a rover responsible for the development and demonstration of new technologies needed for interplanetary missions.

The purpose of the mission is to demonstrate a smooth and safe landing on the lunar surface, demonstrate the movement of the rover on the moon, and conduct on-site scientific experiments.

The soft landing came just days after Russia's Luna-25 spacecraft crashed onto the moon after losing control.

The four-legged lander was equipped with several sensors to ensure a safe landing, including an accelerometer, altimeter, Doppler tachometer, inclinometer, landing sensor and a series of cameras to avoid collisions and hazards and to know the position.