Surat police in Gujarat are probing a city resident's claims that he was a scientist working with the ISRO and designed the lander module of the Chandrayaan-3 moon mission.
Several babies born in Odisha's Kendrapara district shortly after India's Moon mission reached the surface of the Earth's natural satellite were named ‘Chandrayaan'.
With the Pragyaan rover poised to navigate the moon, its eyes to traverse the crater-filled lunar surface will be powered by a software developed by a Noida-based tech start-up.
Chandrayaan-3, set for lift-off at 2:35 pm on Friday, will be a follow-up mission after the crash-landing of Chandrayaan-2 in September 2019 due to a software glitch
In March this year, the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft successfully completed the essential tests that validated its capability to withstand the harsh vibration and acoustic environment