Chandrayaan-3, India's third lunar exploration mission, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), Bengaluru, India

A GSLV Mk-III launch vehicle (LVM3-M4) launched the Chandrayaan-3 lunar mission, from the Second Launch Pad (SLP) of thee Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) SHAR, Sriharikota, India, on 14 July 2023, at 09:05 UTC (14:35 local time). Chandrayaan-3, ISRO’s third lunar exploration mission, consists of a propulsion module, a lander and a rover.

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ISRO’s Chandrayaan-3 lunar mission captured images of the Moon during Lunar Orbit Insertion and after the separation of the Lunar Lander from the Propulsion Module. Chandrayaan-3, ISRO’s third lunar exploration mission, consists of a propulsion module, a lander and a rover.

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ISRO’s Chandrayaan-3 lunar mission performed a soft landing in the South Pole region of the Moon, on 23 August 2023, at 12:34 UTC (18:04 IST). Chandrayaan-3, ISRO’s third lunar exploration mission, consists of a propulsion module, a lander and a rover.

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ISRO’s Chandrayaan-3 lunar lander has transmitted an image captured by the Landing Imager Camera after the landing. ISRO’s Chandrayaan-3 lunar mission performed a soft landing in the South Pole region of the Moon, on 23 August 2023, at 12:34 UTC (18:04 IST). Chandrayaan-3, ISRO’s third lunar exploration mission, consists of a propulsion module, a lander and a rover.

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ISRO’s Chandrayaan-3 lunar lander has captured the descent onto the surface of the Moon using its Landing Imager Camera, on 23 August 2023.

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ISRO’s Chandrayaan-3 lunar lander has been observed by ISRO’s Chandrayaan-2 Orbiter using the Orbiter High-Resolution Camera (OHRC), on 23 August 2023, at 22:17 IST.

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ISRO’s Chandrayaan-3 lunar rover (Pragyan) has descended onto the lunar surface on 23 August 2023, observed by the Chandrayaan-3 lunar lander (Vikram).

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ISRO’s Chandrayaan-3 lunar rover, the Pragyan rover, traveled on the lunar surface on 25 August 2023. Chandrayaan-3 landed on the Shiv Shakti Point, in the South Pole region of the Moon, on 23 August 2023, at 12:34 UTC (18:04 IST).

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ISRO’s Chandrayaan-3 lander, named Vikram, has been imaged by the mission’s rover, named Pragyan, on 30 August 2023, at 05:34 UTC (11:04 IST), in the South Pole region of the Moon, the Shiv Shakti Point (69.373 S, 32.319E).
The Vikram lander imaged by the Pragyan rover

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A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched 21 Starlink satellites (Starlink-103 / Starlink 6-12) to low-Earth orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, on 4 September 2023, at 02:47 UTC (3 Septembe, at 22:47 EDT). Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage landed on the “Just Read the Instructions” droneship, stationed in the Atlantic Ocean. Falcon 9’s first stage (B1073) previously supported nine missions: Hispasat Amazonas Nexus, SES-22, Hakuto-R M1, CRS-27 and five Starlink missions.

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NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft has imaged ISRO’s Chandrayaan-3 lander, named Vikram, about 600 kilometres from the South Pole of the Moon, the Shiv Shakti Point (69.373 S, 32.319E).
Credit: NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University
Music: “Moonlight Sonata by Beethoven” courtesy of YouTube Audio Library
Chandrayaan-3 landing site observed by NASA’s LRO

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The Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter (KPLO), also known as Danuri ( 다누리), has imaged ISRO’s Chandrayaan-3 lander, named Vikram, about 600 kilometres from the South Pole of the Moon, the Shiv Shakti Point (69.373 S, 32.319E), on 27 August 2023.

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