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ISRO recently shared a video shot by cameras onboa... moreISRO recently shared a video shot by cameras onboard the Chnadrayaan.

Russia is planning to launch a lunar mission this week after multiple delays, triggering a race with India's Chandrayaan-3 to reach the Moon's south pole. Russia hopes to return to the Moon for the first time in nearly fifty years. The launch, which is scheduled for the early hours of Friday (August 11), is Russia's first since 1976. A Soyuz rocket had been assembled at the Vostochny cosmodrome in the Russian Far East for the launch of the Luna-25 lander. The four-legged lander, which weighs around 800 kilogrammes, is expected to touch down in the region of the lunar south pole. The launch from the Vostochny cosmodrome, 3,450 miles (5,550 km) east of Moscow, will take place four weeks after India sent up its Chandrayaan-3 lunar lander which is set to touch down at the pole on August 23. The Russian space agency, Roscosmos, has outlined an ambitious timeline for its Luna-25 spacecraft. The craft is slated to embark on a five-day journey to the Moon, followed by 5-7 days in lunar orbit, culminating in a descent to one of three potential landing sites near the Moon's south pole. This carefully calculated timetable suggests that Russia could potentially match or narrowly surpass Chandrayaan-3's lunar touchdown. Navigating the challenging terrain of the moon's south pole poses a formidable challenge. However, this region holds immense scientific interest due to its speculated abundance of ice—a resource with vast implications. This ice could potentially serve as a reservoir for fuel, oxygen, and drinking water, thereby bolstering future lunar habitation endeavours.

moon mission Chandrayaan-3, a day after inserting it into the lunar orbit. The space agency said it will carry out the next such operation on August 9. «The spacecraft successfully underwent a planned orbit reduction manoeuvre. The retrofiring of engines brought it closer to the moon's surface, now to 170 km x 4,313 km. »The next operation to further reduce the orbit is scheduled for August 9, 2023, between 1300 and 1400 hrs IST," ISRO said on Sunday. There will be three more moon-bound manoeuvres till August 17, following which the landing module, comprising the lander and rover, will break away from the propulsion module.

Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft during Lunar Orbit Insertion (LOI) on August 5, 2023," tweeted the Mission's official Twitter handle. On Saturday, Chandrayaan-3 had sent a message to ISRO saying ‘I feel the lunar gravity’ after it had entered the lunar orbit. "I am feeling lunar gravity," was Chandrayaan-3's message to the ISRO after the required maneuver that brought it closer to the moon was carried out without any glitch from the space facility in Bengaluru.

Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft has covered two thirds of its distance on its onwards journey to the Moon. On Saturday the ‘moon craft’ is scheduled to enter the orbit of the Moon at around 7pm. While the country waits with bated breath to see the spacecraft achieve success in its mission, Union Minister Jitendra Singh informed that the landing of the space craft on the moon will happen ‘after a week or so’.

Check the latest updates on Chandrayaan-3 entering into Moon's orbit at Mint's LIVE blog:On 1 August, the Indian space agency, ISRO, recorded a key manoeuvre -- a slingshot move of the Chandrayyan spacecraft. On this day, ISRO said the craft was sent successfully toward the Moon from Earth's orbit.

PTI, in the past three weeks, ISRO has performed five orbital adjustments, gradually positioning the spacecraft farther away from Earth. A significant manoeuvre on August 1, known as the "slingshot move," effectively redirected the craft from its Earth's orbit towards the Moon. After the trans-lunar injection, the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft broke free from its orbit around Earth and started tracing a trajectory that would lead it towards the proximity of the moon, PTI reported.

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India's third lunar mission Chandrayaan-3 is normal — hours after it completed its orbits around the Earth and moved closer to the Moon. Earlier today, a key manoeuvre to slingshot the Chandrayaan spacecraft towards the Moon from Earth's orbit was carried out successfully. The move put the spacecraft in a translunar orbit in which it enters the Moon's sphere of influence.

ISRO today announced that Chandraayn has successfu... moreISRO today announced that Chandraayn has successfully completed a crucial stage.

Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft has completed its orbits around the earth and is now heading towards the moon after it was successfully injected into the translunar orbit, the Indian Space Research Organisation said on Tuesday. «Chandrayaan-3 completes its orbits around the earth and heads towards the moon. A successful perigee-firing performed at ISTRAC, ISRO has injected the spacecraft into the translunar orbit,» it said. «Next stop: the Moon. As it arrives at the moon, the Lunar-Orbit Insertion (LOI) is planned for August 5, 2023,» ISRO added in a tweet. Translunar orbit injection is the process whereby the moon-bound spacecraft has escaped from orbiting the earth and is now following a path that would take it to the vicinity of the Moon. In other words, the spacecraft began its journey towards the Moon on Tuesday, after leaving the Earth's orbit following the TLI maneuver, which placed it on 'lunar transfer trajectory'.

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supermoon, known as the «Blue Moon.» Additionally, the Perseids meteor shower will be happening from July 14 to September 1, with the best nights to watch being August 12-13. Moreover, Saturn, the solar system's second-largest planet, will be highly visible on August 27, showcasing its iconic rings and some of its 83 moons.

Times of India (ToI) said. The translunar injection (TL) will slingshot the lunar spacecraft toward the moon. The maneuver is planned between 12:00 AM to 1:00 AM on 1 August, the report added.

Chandrayaan-3, the nation's third lunar mission, is rapidly approaching the lunar orbit, with a pivotal slingshot manoeuvre scheduled between 12 am and 1 am on August 1. This midnight trans-lunar injection (TLI) manoeuvre, lasting approximately 28 to 31 minutes, will see the spacecraft's thrusters fired at the closest point to Earth (perigee) rather than at the farthest point (apogee). The reason for attempting the slingshot from perigee lies in the spacecraft's elliptical orbit around Earth, with its velocity ranging from 1 km/second to 10.3 km/second.

celestial events known as super moons, one of which is a rare blue moon. One of the names bestowed upon this moon is the «sturgeon moon», originating from historical times when the Great Lakes witnessed a plentiful presence of large fish called sturgeons during this period. Additionally, this particular moon has been referred to as the «green corn moon» in certain traditions.

Chandrayaan-3 successfully land on Moon, Union Minister Jitendra Singh shared an important update on the landing of the ‘moon craft’.  Singh told reporters that the Chandrayaan-3 has completed manoeuvring the fourth orbit and has gone one step closer to the Moon. He further added that the Chandrayaan-3 is slated to land on the moon on 23 August.  Explaining the travel path of Chandrayaan-3, union minister Jitendra Singh said that the lunar exploration moon craft will revolve around the Earth and move on entering the orbit of the Moon, closing in with every complete journey around the Moon.  Jitendra Singh said that the Chandrayaan-3 is likely to enter the Moon's orbit by the ‘first week of August’.  "By 23 August the Chandrayaan-3 will land on the South Pole of the Moon", Singh added.  The next firing of Chandrayaan-3 is planned for 25 July between 2 pm and 3 pm, the national space agency headquartered here said.

Toyota Motor revealed their ambitious plan to utilize regenerative fuel cell technology for propelling a manned lunar rover. This cutting-edge approach opens up exciting possibilities for harnessing the moon's water ice as a potential energy source in the days to come. Japan, under the leadership of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, has significantly amplified its space exploration aspirations.

Also read: Humans living on Moon: Chandrayaan-3 to explore possibilities, says Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh The size and brightness of a supermoon vary depending on the distance of the moon at perigee and the amount of light it reflects from the sun implying not all supermoons are equal. A blue moon, on the other hand, is not related to the moon's colour but refers to the second full moon occurring within a single calendar month.

Chandrayaan-3' — India's moon mission is paving its way through the space towards Moon, neighbouring country Pakistan is still struggling with a dwindling economy, the huge pile of debt and religious extremism-fuelled politics. Qaisar Rashid in his piece in the Daily Times said that while India ticked one after the other boxes right from ISRO, focusing on IT to opting for a modern education system, Pakistan kept on struggling with its internal conflicts and orthodox education system.

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