Sriharikota/Hyderabad, July 13 (Hydnow): The countdown for the launch of the country’s third moon mission Chandrayaan-3 commenced today at the spaceport here, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said.
Friday’s lunar expedition follows the 2019 Chandrayaan-2 mission where space scientists are aiming for a soft landing on the surface of the moon. a successful mission would see India enter an elite club of nations achieving such a feat, the others being the United States, China, and the former Soviet Union.
“LVM3M4-cHANDRAYAAN-3 MISSION: The countdown leading to the launch tomorrow (Friday-July 14) at 14.35 hrs has commenced, ISRO said in a social media post.
Through the Chandrayaan-3 program, ISRO is crossing new frontiers by demonstrating soft-landing on the lunar surface by its lunar module and demonstrating roving on the lunar terrain, the space agency said. (Hydnow)
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