India's Chandrayaan-3 Approaches Moon

[sailorsam]

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-66425524

India's space agency has released the first images of the Moon taken by the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft, which entered lunar orbit on Saturday.
The images show craters on lunar surface getting larger and larger as the spacecraft draws closer.
Chandrayaan-3's lander and rover are due to reach the surface on 23 August.
If successful, India will be the first country to perform a controlled "soft landing" near the south pole.
It will also become only the fourth to achieve a soft landing on the Moon after the US, the former Soviet Union and China.

   
Impressive, India.  Hoping for safe landing and good pics

[727Sky]

I am glad to see this and hope the mission is successful which might make China think twice about getting to frisky with India..

[xuenchen]

I see somebody finally proved there really is green cheese on The Moon !!!!

[Michigan Swamp Buck]

"Moe! Larry! Limburger! Limburger!"
"Woo-woo-woo-woo-woo! Nuck, nuck, nuck."

[sailorsam]

https://news.yahoo.com/india-closes-moon...03047.html

 India's space agency on Friday released images of the moon taken from its Chandrayaan-3 space craft as it approaches the lunar south pole, a previously unexplored region thought to contain water ice where Russia is trying to land first.
The video, taken on Thursday just after the separation of the rocket's lander from the propulsion module, showed a close-up of craters as earth's only natural satellite spun round.
"The Lander Module (LM) health is normal. LM successfully underwent a deboosting operation that reduced its orbit to 113 km x 157 km," the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) tweeted later.


 

another step.  landing scheduled for Wednesday the 23rd

[sailorsam]

Chandrayaan-3 has successfully landed
sending pictures


good job India!!!