It’s a historic day or proud moment for Indians that India successfully landed Chandrayaan-3 on August 23, 2023 at 6:04 pm on the surface of the moon. Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) scripted history by soft-landing of Chandrayaan-3 on the south pole of the moon. After successful of ISRO’s moon mission, India became the first country to land the ISRO’s Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft on the south pole of the moon.

After successfully landing on the moon’s surface, India became the fourth country after China, the United States, and Russia successfully a soft-landing on the surface of the moon. Earlier, the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) successfully launched Chandrayaan-3 on July 14, 2023, at 2:35 pm from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota in the state of Andhra Pradesh.

Chandrayaan-3 – It is the third lunar or moon mission of India which was conducted by the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO). The distance between Earth and Moon is about 384,000 km and the spacecraft has been effectively located in the trajectory so it will take to reach the surface of the moon.  Chandrayaan-3 contains a rover called as Pragyan and a lander known as Vikram. The main work of a rover is to carry out several scientific experiments on the surface of the moon and the main work of a lander is to soft landing on the lunar’s surface. The propulsion module in the Chandrayaan-3 is to carry the lander and rover configurations until the spacecraft is in a 100 km lunar orbit. Previously Chandrayaan-3 entered the lunar orbit on August 5, 2023.

According to the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), it has learned from the mistakes of Chandrayaan-2 and rectified the weakness in Chhandrayaan-3. Previously, Vikram, the moon lander failed to land on the lunar surface after the launch of Chandrayaan-2.

History of Chandrayaan Mission – Earlier Chandrayaan-2 was introduced by the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) on July 22, 2019, at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in the state of Andhra Pradesh. Before this spacecraft, Chandrayaan-1 was launched by the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) on October 22. 2008 in the state of Andhra Pradesh. The first lunar mission of our country, Chandrayaan-1 discovered water molecules on the surface of the moon. After 11 years, the second mission, Chandrayaan-2 successfully entered lunar orbit but its rover crash-landed on the surface of the moon. India also became the first Asian country to reach Mars in the year 2014 when it put the Mangalyaan probe into the orbit of Mars.

Objectives of Chandrayaan-3 – There are three main objectives for the Chandrayaan-3 that are set by the Indian Space Research Organization are given below –

1. The first objective is to demonstrate a soft and safe landing on the surface of the moon.
2. The second objective is to demonstrate the operations of the rover on the surface of the moon.
3. The final or third objective is to conduct in-situ-scientific experiments on the surface of the lunar to learn more about the composition of the moon.