NEW DELHI, Aug 18 (NNN-PTI) – The lander module got successfully separated from India’s Moon Mission’s (Chandrayaan-3) spacecraft, the country’s space agency, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) announced, yesterday.
Now, the lander module is scheduled for soft-landing on the Moon’s surface on Aug 23.
In a critical step, the lander module, comprising the Vikram lander and the Pragyan rover, will now be lowered to an orbit that takes it closer to the Moon’s surface.
The Moon Mission-3’s spacecraft was launched on Jul 14, and it entered into Lunar orbit on Aug 5, following which, orbit reduction manoeuvres were carried out on Aug 6, 9 and 14. On Aug 16, the spacecraft successfully underwent its fifth and final Lunar-bound orbit manoeuvre.
The separation of the lander module from the propulsion module yesterday was one of the crucial steps of the Moon Mission.– NNN-PTI
