Chandrayaan-3 will be a grand success, says former ISRO chief K Sivan ahead of soft landing

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Chandrayaan-3 on the south pole of Moon, former director of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and in-charge of the previous lunar mission 'Chandrayaan-2', K Sivan on Monday said that the mission will be a «grand success». «It's a very anxious moment...I'm sure that this time it will be a grand success,» Sivan said while speaking to ANI. «We have our own system and we will be establishing a soft landing without any problem.

But it is a complex process,» he said while responding to a question asked whether there would be any impact after the failure of Russia's Luna-25 mission. Russia's moon mission failed after its Luna-25 spacecraft spun out of control and smashed into the moon on Sunday. «As far as this Chandrayaan-3 is concerned, there were many things that changed from Chandrayaan-2.

There were many technologies and many many scientific things that needed to be changed. Those are changed,» the former ISRO director pointed out. He said that corrective measures have been taken after going through data generated by the Chandrayaan-2 mission.

When asked if those additional systems too were indigenous, Sivan said, «Everything is indigenous.» Sivan, on multiple occasions, reiterated that a soft landing will be successful without any problem. Earlier today, ISRO released images of the lunar far side area captured by the Lander Hazard Detection and Avoidance Camera (LHDAC). This camera assists in locating a safe landing area — without boulders or deep trenches — during the descent.