Chandrayaan-3: ISRO released the first pictures of the mission, may be launched in August

Chandrayaan 3 ISRO 

The first pictures of Chandrayaan-3 have finally come in front of us. ISRO has shared pictures of this mission through a documentary. This mission is expected to be launched in August.

Chandrayaan-3

(Chandrayaan-3) mission was getting delayed due to the covid-19 pandemic.  The first pictures of this mission have finally come to us. The Indian Space and Research Organization (ISRO) has released these pictures in a documentary 'Space on Wheels'. 75 satellites launched by India have also been shown in this  documentary.

Chandrayaan-3 will be launched in August

The video shows what the Chandrayaan-3 lander looks like touching the surface of the Moon. This mission is modeled after Chandrayaan-2, which crashed near the Moon in 2019. It had fallen on the ground while spinning rapidly from a height of about 350 meters above the surface.

Mission delayed due to covid-19 

Chandrayaan 3 mission (Photo: ISRO)

ISRO says that it is trying to launch this mission by August this year. However, it seems difficult at the moment, as many hardware tests are still pending. In February this year, the Department of Space said in a written reply that work on Chandrayaan-3 is underway and it will be launched in August this year.

Science and Technology Minister Dr Jitendra Singh said that this mission has been delayed due to covid-19. Apart from this, many other ongoing missions have been affected.

Also told about other missions in the 17-minute documentary

Apart from Chandrayaan-3, this 17-minute documentary has been told about the country's upcoming Aditya L1 mission and Gaganyaan mission which will launch Indian astronauts into space.

The Aditya L1 mission will be placed in the first Lagrange point of the Earth-Sun system, it will explore many properties of the Sun, such as the dynamics and origin of coronal mass ejections. India is already working with the European Space Agency to build a network to track moon and solar missions.

ESA says its Global Deep Space Communications Antennas will provide all possible support for both missions. They will keep an eye on the spacecraft, pin point their location at important places, as well as give commands.