India's Spacecraft Chandrayaan-3 Mission Lifts Off

From Sriharikota of Andhra Pradesh of India Chandrayaan-3 spsace craft is lifted off carrying the hopes for the whole nation. And if it becomes successful, the mission will make India the fourth country to achieve a controlled landing on the moon, after Russia, the United States and China.

Meanwhile the scientists estimate that the journey from Earth to the moon with this spacecraft could be a month and the landing period is expected on August 23. 

Upon landing, it will operate for one lunar day, which is approximately 14 Earth days. One day on the Moon is equal to 14 days o Earth.

It consist of three major components — a lander, a rover, and a propulsion model. It will be using the Orbiter from Chandrayaan-2 which still exists in the lunar atmosphere.

At first, India's mooncraft 'Vikram' will land in the South Pole of the moon, where water molecules have been found.  

Vikram is meant to have a safe, soft landing. The lander will then release the rover Pragyan, which will roam the moon's surface for a lunar day -- equal to 14 earth days -- and conduct scientific experiments.

earlier The ISRO's second lunar mission Chandrayaan-2 failed while attempting to land in 2019. And from past bitter experience ISRO has corporate a series of changes in the upcoming mission.

In an exclusive interview ISRO Chief S Somnath said to NDTV, "The main lacuna in the last Chandrayaan-2 mission was that there were off-nominal conditions that were initiated in the system. Everything was not nominal. And the craft was not able to handle the off-nominal condition for a safe landing," 

Source: NDTV