Lander 'Vikram' moved closer to the Moon's surface…
New Delhi: On 23 August 2023, (Wednesday), Chandrayaan-3's lander module is all prepared to make a soft landing on the south pole of the moon.
On Friday, the lander moved closer to the Moon's surface and captured a series of pictures.
The images, captured after the separation of the Lander Module from the Propulsion Module of the spacecraft, showed the craters on the Moon's surface that were marked on the photographs released by ISRO as 'Fabry’, 'Giordano Bruno' and 'Harkhebi J'.
The lander, called Vikram, has entered automation mode and will decide on its own how to go about its functions based on data, former ISRO chief K Sivan said.
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