The whole nation is eagerly waiting to witness the Chandrayaan-3 lander and rover making a soft landing on the Moon’s surface Meanwhile, the ISRO chief shares an update regarding Chandryaan-3 on August 7 after the spacecraft underwent a successful orbit reduction. Recently, India’s Moon mission Chandrayaan-3 as it successfully entered the lunar orbit on August 6. Now, the spacecraft has conducted another successful orbit reduction and is closer to the Moon’s surface. The retrofitting of engines brought it closer to the Moon’s surface, now to 170 km x 4313 km. The next operation to further reduce the orbit is scheduled for August 9. If this mission is conducted successfully, India will become the first country to reach the south pole of the Moon. On July 14, the nation witnessed the historic lift-off of the Chandrayaan-3 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota.
