India's third lunar mission, Chandrayaan-3 is a few hours away from its landing on August 23.
Chandrayaan-3 consists of Lander and Rover, and it was launched by LVM3 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota.
Chandrayaan-3 is a follow-on mission to Chandrayaan-2, which was launched on 22 July 2019.
Chandrayaan-3 does not have an orbiter, as it was already installed during the second lunar mission in 2019.
To have a safe and soft-landing on the lunar surface
Mission objective #1
To place a rover on the moon
Mission Objective #2
To conduct in-situ scientific experiments
Mission Objective #3