Chandrayaan-3

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Chandrayaan 3 lander

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.

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".

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