Chandrayaan 3 shared the first images of the Moon. It captured the upper surface of Earth’s satellite up-close
Chandrayaan 3 successfully did the Lunar Orbit Insertion (LOI) which means that after leaving the Earth’s orbit, the spacecraft has entered into the Moon’s orbit guided by its own gravitational pull
Chandrayaan 3 stitched the images of the Moon together and converted them into a small video. ISRO tweeted on its official Twitter handle
Netizens were left impressed with the Moon video. Some of them called it beautiful while others wished they could also travel to Moon
After August 17, Landing Module Vikram carrying rover Pragyan will break away from the Propulsion Module. After this, a de-orbiting manoeuver will be carried out on the lander before the final powered descent on the Moon
While the nation is rejoicing in ISRO’s Chandrayaan-3 mission, here are some other key missions of the organisation:
- India’s first satellite Aryabhatta’s (1975)
- Satellite Launch Vehicle (1975)
- Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (1994)
India launched its first unmanned Moon mission on October 22, 2008. It consisted of a lunar orbiter and an impactor. It completed over 3,400 orbits around the Moon but it lost contact with the base on August 29, 2009
Mars Orbiter Mission also known as Mission Mangalyaan was launched on November 5, 2014. It made India the first country to reach the orbit of Mars in its maiden attempt and ISRO the fourth space agency to reach Mars
After the success of Chandrayaan-1, India sent its second lunar mission - Chandrayaan-2. With this, ISRO aimed at a soft landing on the Moon. However, the rocket crashed and the mission failed