Bharat Express

Luna-25

The crash highlighted Russia's decline in space power

The Chandrayaan-3 mission was supposed to land on the Moon's south pole, however, due to the recent failure of Russia's Luna-25 mission, India now has the chance to do it first.

The Luna-25 launch, which would have marked the first Russian Moon landing in 47 years, was personally ordered by Putin.

India's Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft is orbiting the moon and will most likely attempt a landing near the pole this week

Both missions are traveling towards the Moon's uncharted southern pole. On schedule to make Luna-25's lunar landing on August 21, the Russian moon mission...

The lander, named Vikram Sarabhai after the father of India's space effort, is equipped with the Pragyan rover. An important turning point in the mission has been reached with the lander's separation from the propulsion module.

Chandrayaan-3, the Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) lunar mission, marks a triumph as it attains a circular Moon orbit. The stage is set for the detachment of the Vikram lander, ushering in a new phase of exploration.

Chandrayaan-3 was launched on July 14. Russia's first lunar landing spacecraft was launched successfully on Friday. But still the Russian space craft will reach sooner.