Chandrayaan-3 landing: The scientist told Chinese-language newspaper Science Times that the landing site, at 69 degrees south latitude, is not near the south pole.
Chandrayaan-3 landing today: ISRO said in its latest updates on Chandrayaan-3: “The mission is on schedule. Systems are undergoing regular checks. Smooth sailing is continuing.”
Chandrayaan-3 Moon landing: Despite the difficulties in landing on this lunar region, the Moon's south pole is of immense interest to scientists because of the presence of ice water. Read more to find out how.
ISRO is trying to make a soft landing of its lander ‘Vikram’ in the Chandrayaan-3 mission near the south pole in the dark side of the Moon. ISRO’s earlier attempt under ‘Chandrayaan-2’ suffered a communication problem that led to hard crash of the lander on the Moon’s surface.
Chandrayaan-3 landing: For anyone who followed the Chandrayaan-2 mission closely, the scene of former ISRO Chairman K Sivan breaking down and Prime Minister Narendra Modi consoling him would be as vivid as four years ago.