This week would have been a historic one in Lunar exploration - with two landers (one from Russia and one from India) touching down near the Lunar south pole, within a few days of each other.

Explained | India's Chandrayaan-3 loses Russian co-traveller Luna-25. What are its implications?

Around 8:30 am IST, Wednesday, ISRO's Chandrayaan-3 craft yet again retro-fired its engines while circling the moon. This 'reverse-firing' of the engine, slowed down the spacecraft and pushed it closer towards the moon.

Chandrayaan-3 just a week away from lunar soft landing

Chandrayaan-3 is all set to explore the lunar surface. Other missions are in the queue as well.

Chandrayaan-3: Which other upcoming space missions will explore the moon's surface after ISRO?

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