Chandrayaan-3: ISRO Shares First Images of Moon

Aug 07, 2023, 08:50 IST

Riya Teotia

Chandrayaan-3 enters moon's orbit

Chandrayaan-3 entered the lunar orbit on Saturday and is now 20 days away from landing on the moon.

A glimpse of moon from Chandrayaan-3

The mission caught sight of the moon during the manoeuvre and Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) shared a video clip of the same.

Chandrayaan-3's Lunar Orbit Insertion phase

ISRO wrote on X, sharing the video clip, "The Moon, as viewed by #Chandrayaan3 during Lunar Orbit Insertion (LOI) on August 5, 2023".

Intricate details of the Moon's surface

The images captured by Chandrayaan-3 show the craters on the lunar surface getting larger and larger as the spacecraft inched closer to the moon.

'I am feeling lunar gravity'

This was Chandrayaan-3's message to ISRO after the required manoeuver, that brought it closer to the moon, was carried out without any glitches.

What's next for Chandrayaan-3?

It will make another manoeuver tonight at 11:00 pm, after which three more operations will be carried out before the final landing of the lander named Vikram.

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