Chandrayaan-3 marks giant leap, lander successfully separates from propulsion module
Chandrayaan 3 update news: Indias Chandrayaan-3 mission marked another giant leap in its lunar quest as the Vikram lander module of the spacecraft successfully separated from the propulsion module on Thursday.
Chandrayaan 3 update news: India's Chandrayaan-3 mission marked another giant leap in its lunar quest as the 'Vikram' lander module of the spacecraft successfully separated from the propulsion module on Thursday. The Chandrayaan-3 mission's lander is named after Vikram Sarabhai (1919–1971), who is widely regarded as the father of the Indian space programme.On Wednesday, the spacecraft carried out the final lunar-bound orbit reduction manoeuvre of the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft, a week ahead of its scheduled landing on the south pole of the moon on August 23.
A GSLV Mark 3 (LVM 3) heavy-lift launch vehicle was used for the launch of the spacecraft that was placed in the lunar orbit on August 5 and since then it has been through a series of orbital manoeuvres been lowered closer to the moon's surface.It has been a month and two days since the Indian Space Research Organisation launched the Chandrayaan-3 mission on July 14.
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