Russia’s Luna-25 spacecraft faced challenges during its approach to the moon’s landing orbit, launched on August 10, 2023, marking Russia’s return to lunar exploration after 47 years. Similar to Chandrayaan-3, both missions target the moon’s south pole, intending to study lunar elements like dust particles and plasma.
Chandrayaan-3 and Luna-25, two adventurous spacecraft, are in a thrilling race to the lunar South Pole, a challenging destination. Chandrayaan-3, with its rover, launched on July 14th, aims to land softly by August 23rd, while Russia’s Luna-25, sent after nearly 50 years, is set to orbit by August 16th, possibly landing by August 21st, in a close lunar rendezvous.
Chandrayaan 3 has successfully executed the Trans Lunar Injection (TLI) maneuver and has begun its departure for the Moon.Chandrayaan 3 is ISRO’s third lunar exploration mission, and it is a follow-up to the Chandrayaan 1 and Chandrayaan 2 missions launched in 2008 and 2019 respectively. The spacecraft which was launched on 14 July 2023 aims to demonstrate a soft landing