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Wow moment! India’s Chandrayaan 3 spacecraft snapped flying towards the Moon
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Wow moment! India’s Chandrayaan 3 spacecraft snapped flying towards the Moon

[ad_1] On July 14, India's Chandrayaan 3 spacecraft took flight from Sriharikota, India to study the moon's surface. The space journey will take around 42 days and the craft is expected to land on the Moon on August 23, making India the 4th nation to land on the moon. After the safe landing, the lander will collect material on the surface for 14 Earth days. There is a rover aboard too.In an amazing turn of events, the Virtual Telescope Project, based in Manciano, Italy managed to capture a video of the Chandrayaan 3 spacecraft flying in space towards the moon. The spacecraft was captured at an altitude of 341 kilometres from Earth. The telescope is popular for discovering rare space events and it has done it once again by capturing the Chandrayaan 3. The video beautifully captures the s...
India’s Chandrayaan-3 moon mission off to perfect start; big triumph for ISRO
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India’s Chandrayaan-3 moon mission off to perfect start; big triumph for ISRO

[ad_1] India's third lunar mission, in the form of Chandrayaan-3, lifted off today at 2:35 PM IST from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. Launched by the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), Chandrayaan-3 took to the skies, carrying the hope and belief of 140 crore Indians with it during the 3.84 lakh kilometer journey to the Moon, which will take approximately 42 days. The GSLV Mark 3 launch vehicle, named ‘Bahubali', carries a payload called SHAPE, which stands for Spectro-polarimetry of Habitable Planet Earth. ISRO has decided to retain the names of the previous moon mission and named the lander Vikram, while the rover is being called Pragyaan.Before the launch, Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted, “14th July 2023 will always be etched in golden letters as far as I...