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Chandrayaan-3: What ISRO’s Mission Moon is all about in brief
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Chandrayaan-3: What ISRO’s Mission Moon is all about in brief

[ad_1] India has launched two lunar missions so far, extracting valuable lessons from each expedition and emerging stronger with every endeavor. The first Chandrayaan mission was launched on October 22, 2008. The mission was known for its discovery of water on the moon and later it led to many other discoveries too.The second mission, Chandrayaan-2 was launched on July 22, 2019, The lander made it to the lunar orbit, but was later lost just 2.1 km above the moon's surface. Now, the Chandrayaan- 3 has been built with learnings from past failures and ISRO will be hoping that the space mission is successful. Chandrayaan-3 missionThe Chandrayaan-3 is scheduled to launch from India on July 14, at 2:35 p.m. India standard time. It has a few main objectives with greater emphasis, the first foc...
Chandrayaan-3 launch in June next year aboard LVM3: ISRO chairman
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Chandrayaan-3 launch in June next year aboard LVM3: ISRO chairman

[ad_1] Chandrayaan-3 (C-3) launch will be in June next year onboard the Launch Vehicle Mark-3 (LVM3). ISRO plans to launch Chandrayaan-3, its third mission to the moon, in June next year with a more robust lunar rover onboard which is crucial for future inter-planetary explorations. The space agency has also lined up the first test flight of the 'abort mission' for Gaganyaan, the country's first human spaceflight, early next year. "Chandrayaan-3 (C-3) launch will be in June next year onboard the Launch Vehicle Mark-3 (LVM3)," said Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chairman S Somnath while interacting with media personnel on the sidelines of an event here. He said ISRO plans to fly Indian astronauts into orbit by the end of 2024 after carrying out successful abort missi...