India s third moon mission, Chandrayaan-3, is aiming for a soft landing on the lunar surface on August 23, 2023, following the loss of the Vikram lander in the Chandrayaan-2 mission a few years back. Chandrayaan-3 is thus the gritty India s fightback after failures and heartbreaks. Not only ISRO and the country s leaders, but citizens too will want a soft landing and propel India to a new zenith in the this field.
Launched on July 22, 2019, the Chandrayaan-2 mission’s lander and rover were supposed to make a soft landing on the Moon on September 7. However, according to Isro Chairman S Somanath, three mistakes led to their crash on the lunar surface. What went wrong?