Actor Kareena Kapoor Khan has expressed excitement at India's Chandrayaan-3 moon mission which is set to achieve a soft landing on the lunar surface on Wednesday
A very big credential regarding space exploration 50 years ago and they attempted this after about 50 years. We hope that they still continue to have the knowledge, capacity and experience and that they will be able to solve it and go ahead with their Luna-26 and Luna-27 missions as planned
The genesis of the Space Physics Laboratory (SPL) is closely entwined with the evolution of space sciences and space research in India and dates back to more than four decades.
Russia's state space corporation, Roskosmos, according to the Reuters report, said it had lost contact with the spacecraft shortly after a problem occurred as it was shunted into pre-landing orbit on Saturday.
Chandrayaan-3's Vikram lander underwent a crucial deboosting manoeuvre and descended to a slightly lower orbit on Friday, after successfully getting separated from the propulsion module the day before.
Chandrayaan-3's Vikram lander is about to undergo a crucial deboosting manoeuvre and descend to a slightly lower orbit on Friday, after successfully getting separated from the propulsion module the day before.
Deboosting is the process of slowing down to position itself in an orbit where the orbit's closest point to the Moon (Perilune) is 30 km and the farthest point (the Apolune) is 100 km.
The former ISRO scientist and Padma Shri awardee said that the Vikram lander now has to take its own action and further it has to separate after which the major event comes.
The Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft, which was launched on GSLV Mark 3 (LVM 3) heavy-lift launch vehicle successfully from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Andhra Pradesh’s Sriharikota on July 14, is all set to land on the surface of the moon on August 23.
"Congratulations, Roscosmos on the successful launch of Luna-25 Wonderful to have another meeting point in our space journies Wishes for Chandrayaan-3 & Luna-25 missions to achieve their goals," ISRO tweeted on Friday.
While ‘Chandrayaan-3’ — India’s moon mission is paving its way through the space towards Moon, Pakistan, a country which got independence along with India, is still struggling with a dwindling economy, the huge pile of debt and religious extremism-fuelled politics.
India’s third moon mission, Chandrayaan-3, was successfully launched onboard a Launch Vehicle Mark-3 (LVM-3) rocket from the second launch pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota at 2.35 pm on Friday.