The soft landing on the Moon’s south pole is scheduled for around 6 pm. If successful, India will become the fourth nation to land a mooncraft on the lunar surface after the US, China and the erstwhile Soviet Union, and the only one to perform a soft landing near the Moon’s South Pole.
Chandrayaan 3 Moon landing: ISRO’s Chandrayaan-3’s Vikram lander is set to land on the Moon’s South Pole today evening i.e. on 23 August. ISRO said it is all set to initiate the Automatic Landing Sequence (ALS) for its ambitious third Moon mission Chandrayaan-3’s Lander Module (LM) to touch down on the lunar surface. According to a tweet shared on X, formerly known as Twitter, it wrote, “All set to initiate the Automatic Landing Sequence (ALS). Awaiting the arrival of Lander Module (LM) at the designated point, around 17:44 Hrs. IST (5:44 pm). Upon receiving the ALS command, the LM activates the throttleable engines for powered descent. The mission operations team will keep confirming the sequential execution of commands.”
LIVE telecast for Mumbaikars: The Nehru Science Centre Mumbai is hosting a series of programs to celebrate the historic landing of Chandrayaan 3 on the moon. The festivities commenced with an intriguing workshop from 2:00 PM-4:00 PM, focusing on the intricate art of crafting Chandrayaan 3 paper model. This workshop has generated significant interest, with a keen enrollment of 50 enthusiastic students eager to participate and create their own paper models of Chandrayaan 3.
National Film Archive of India (NDFC), Pune and the National Museum of Indian Cinema (NFDC), Mumbai are also organizing a live screening of the landing of Chandrayaan 3 at the NFDC-NFAI theater on Law College Road and at the JB Hall in NFDC-NMIC on Pedder Road, Mumbai, the Department of Space said in a press release. The events will be hosted at the centres from 5pm and the live screening will commence at 5:27pm.
