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Chandrayaan-3 is set to land on the moon on August 23, 2023 (Wednesday), around 18:04 IST

The Moon lander or the lander is part of the Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft.

Just a few hours ago, the Chandrayaan-3's lander 'Vikram' successfully detached from the spacecraft. The lander and rover, Pragyaan, are now expected to land on the Moon on August 23.

Chandrayaan-2's achievements: Global lunar sodium map, crater size insights, surface water ice detection with IIRS.

Separation of the lander module from the propulsion module is planned for August 17, ISRO said in a post on X

Aditya-L1, the first space-based Indian observatory to study the Sun , is getting ready for the launch.

Drogue parachutes, packed within pyro-based devices known as mortars, are ingeniously designed to eject the parachutes into the air upon command

ISRO has successfully conducted a series of tests on drogue parachutes, which would play a pivotal role in stabilising the crew module

The spacecraft will spend between three and seven days about 100 kilometers above the lunar surface before reaching the Boguslawsky crater area.

The Indian space agency said: "Chandrayaan-3's orbit is reduced to 174 km x 1437 km following a manuevre performed today

India's third lunar mission – Chandrayaan-3 – is in good health and its most critical phase will be the orbit determination process

The space agency announced its plan to conduct the next operation of this kind on August 9.

"Nothing to worry...the landing will happen after a week or so," he said when asked about the update on the Lunar Orbit Injection (LOI) of Chandrayaan-3 today

This transfer marks the beginning of satellite bus technologies developed by ISRO being transferred to private industries

The paper on earth observation (EO) data from Indian satellite missions has been brought out by Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre in association with ISRO

The Lunar Orbit Injection (LOI) is set for around 7 pm on August 5.

Earlier today, a key manoeuvre to slingshot the Chandrayaan spacecraft towards the Moon from Earth's orbit was carried out successfully

The lander will descend to the moon from a height of about 100 km from the moon's surface.

The technically challenging soft landing on the lunar surface is planned on August 23 at 5.47 pm.

It will be the country’s dedicated polarimetry mission to study the dynamics of bright astronomical X-ray sources in extreme conditions, the government said.