Chandrayaan-3

India's third lunar exploration mission

Chandrayaan-3 is an Indian mission that landed a spacecraft on the Moon in 2023. It is India's third mission of the space Chandrayaan program.

Chandrayaan 3 lander

The lander and rover were supposed to land near the lunar south pole. The mission failed to land there, but landed on August 23, 2023 at 69.367621°S 32.348126°E which is between Manzinus C and Simpelius N craters. The lander is named Vikram, and the rover is named Pragyan.This space exploration program was a work of ISRO

Etymology: Chandrayaan means "Moon-craft".

Mission profile

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Animation of Chandrayaan-3
Around Earth
From Earth to Moon
Around Moon