The race to the uncharted south pole of the Moon is quickening with India’s Chandrayaan-3 and Russia’s Luna-25 gearing up for lunar landings next week.
The lander, Vikram, of ISRO’s Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft, detached from the propulsion module on Thursday. The lunar mission by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), had successfully established a nearly circular orbit around the Moon.
“LM is successfully separated from the Propulsion Module (PM). LM is set to descend to a slightly lower orbit upon a deboosting planned for tomorrow around 1600 Hrs., IST.(sic)” said the space agency in a post on X.
While speaking to CNN-News18, former ISRO Chairman K Sivan said: “We are happy this happened so smoothly. It’s a milestone for ISRO. Now, we will have new findings from the moon. It’s a job done very well without any flaw.
