The lander module of India’s ongoing Moon Mission-3, or Chandrayaan-3, will land on the lunar surface as scheduled on Aug. 23 at around 6.04 p.m. Indian Standard Time.
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) announced the landing of Chandrayaan-3 on Sunday.
ISRO said in a statement that it will telecast the moment live on its website, besides state-run TV channel Doordarshan.
Various social media platforms like Facebook and YouTube will also air it.
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The space agency launched the India’s Moon Mission-3 on July 14 and the lander module got separated from the spacecraft on Thursday.
It invited all schools and educational institutions across the South Asian country to actively publicise the Chandrayaan-3 soft landing among students.
The agency also urged the institutions to organise its live-streaming within their premises, the ISRO noted in the statement. (Xinhua)
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