Chandrayaan-3's Historic Lunar Landing Attempt: Eyes on Vikram's Soft Landing

 Chandrayaan-3's Historic Lunar Landing Attempt: Eyes on Vikram's Soft Landing

Chandrayaan-3's Historic Lunar Landing Attempt(Image-Getty)

On Wednesday evening at 6:04 PM, the lunar lander "Vikram" of Chandrayaan-3 will attempt a landing on the southern hemisphere of the Moon's surface. ISRO announced on Tuesday that there have been no changes to the landing schedule. 

In the same month, the lunar lander "Vikram" will make its descent to the southern hemisphere of the Moon's surface on Wednesday evening. The anticipation of history being made fills the nation as the hour approaches. The world's eyes are on the Indian Chandrayaan. Before this, India had shared another image of the Moon from a previous Chandrayaan mission, which was shared on Twitter by ISRO.

The image was captured from a distance of around 70 kilometers above the lunar surface using Chandrayaan's "Lander Position Detection Camera". The image reveals a dusty, cratered area with some discernible features. A similar image was taken on August 19th by Chandrayaan-3. Prior to this, Chandrayaan 2 had also sent images of the Moon, which ISRO shared with everyone.

On Wednesday evening at 6:04 PM, the lunar lander "Vikram" of Chandrayaan-3 will make its descent to the southern hemisphere of the Moon's surface. ISRO confirmed on Tuesday that there have been no changes to the landing schedule. In other words, Vikram will land on the lunar surface at the designated time. No other country has successfully sent a spacecraft to the southern hemisphere of the Moon before. Therefore, if ISRO succeeds on Wednesday, it will create history for India.

In 2019, India sent Chandrayaan 2 to the Moon, but it was not successful in its landing attempt. The lander of that spacecraft crash-landed on the lunar surface. Learning from past mistakes, ISRO has taken extra precautions this time. Landing on the southern hemisphere of the Moon's surface is a significant challenge for ISRO. Vikram needs to touch down softly, similar to the blink of an eye, on the lunar soil. In scientific terms, this is known as "soft landing". Just this past Sunday, Russia's spacecraft, Luna-25, failed to land on the designated area of the Moon's surface. This makes the successful landing of Chandrayaan-3 a major milestone for India.

ISRO will be broadcasting the Chandrayaan-3's landing attempt directly on its website, Facebook page, and YouTube channel. The live broadcast will start on Wednesday afternoon at 5:20 PM.