The initial images of the Moon, captured by Chandrayaan 3 - India's third unmanned lunar exploration mission - have been unveiled by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). These images were taken subsequent to Chandrayaan-3 successfully entering the Moon's orbit on Saturday.
"The Moon, as viewed by Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft during Lunar Orbit Insertion (LOI) on August 5, 2023," tweeted the Mission's official Twitter handle.
The progression of the lunar endeavor has been seamless thus far, and ISRO anticipates a gentle touchdown of the Vikram lander on the lunar terrain later this month, precisely on August 23.
On a 41-day voyage to the uncharted southern pole of the Moon where no other country has gone before, Chandrayaan-3 effectively achieved lunar orbit entry on Saturday. Chandrayaan-3 successfully entered the lunar orbit 22 days after its launch.
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), in a tweet, said: "MOX, ISTRAC, this is Chandrayaan-3, I am feeling lunar gravity."
"Chandrayaan-3 has been successfully inserted into the lunar orbit.A retro-burning at the Perilune was commanded from the Mission Operations Complex (MOX), ISTRAC, Bengaluru.The next operation - reduction of orbit – is scheduled for Aug 6, 2023, around 23:00 Hrs. IST."
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