Union Minister Jitendra Singh shares BIG update on Moon landing
The Chandrayaan-3 mission to the moon was launched on 14 July. On Thursday, From Bengaluru, ISRO scientists successfully completed the fourth orbit-raising manoeuvre for the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft. The ISRO Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC) was used to carry out the move. The successful landing of Chandrayan 3 on the moon is anxiously anticipated by the country. Jitendra Singh, a minister for the union, provided a crucial report on the moon craft’s landing.
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Chandrayaan-3’s next firing is planned for 25 July between 2 pm and 3 pm, the national space agency headquartered here said.India celebrates the International Moon Day 2023 by propelling Chandrayaan-3 a step closer to the Moon, it added.
Union Minister’s statement.
“Getting one step closer to the Moon Chandrayan-3 has completed manoeuvring the fourth orbit and. Chandrayaan-3 is slated to land on the moon on 23 August” said the Union Minister
Union minister Jitendra Singh Explaining the travel path of Chandrayaan-3 said that the lunar exploration moon craft will revolve around the Earth and move on entering the orbit of the Moon, closing in with every complete journey around the Moon. The Chandrayaan-3 is likely to enter the Moon’s orbit by the ‘first week of August by 23 August the Chandrayaan-3 will land on the South Pole of the Moon he added
“…craft is on its way to the Moon. In another few days it will go (the lander will soft-land on the Lunar surface),” ISRO Chairman Somanath S said earlier in the day while delivering the inaugural address to the Space Science Technology & Awareness Training (START) programme 2023.
“I am sure that you will find something very substantial through this (Chandrayaan-3) mission as far as science is concerned,” he said. The soft landing of the craft on the lunar surface is planned for 23 August.
