India’s Chandrayaan-3 mission has just completed a very important move as it gets ready to land on the Moon. The spacecraft successfully did its fifth orbit maneuver, which brought it even closer to the Moon’s surface.
Now, the spacecraft is getting ready for the next step. This step involves separating the part of the spacecraft that helps it move (the propulsion module) from the part that will land on the Moon (the lander module). Inside the lander module, there are two important parts: the lander named Vikram and a rover called Pragyan.
Today’s successful move was done for a short time, and it placed Chandrayaan-3 in a special path around the Moon. This part of the mission is now done. The next thing is to get ready for the propulsion module and the lander module to start their separate journeys. This separation is planned to happen on August 17.
Chandrayaan-3 was launched on July 14, and it got closer to the Moon on August 5. Since then, it did a few more moves to get even closer. The plan is for the spacecraft to gently land in a special area on the Moon’s southern part on August 23.
ISRO, the space agency of India, is working step by step to make sure everything goes smoothly. They are doing different moves to make the spacecraft go lower in its path and get ready for the landing. It’s a really exciting mission for India!
