“ISRO Scientist Reveals: Chandrayaan-3 Moon Landing May be Postponed Due to Unfavorable Factors

• After 6 PM on Wednesday night, the mission’s Vikram lander module is expected to make contact with the Moon’s surface.
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  A top scientist from the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) stated on Monday that the national space agency will only proceed with the landing when conditions are suitable on August 23, just before the anticipated soft landing on the lunar surface by Chandrayaan-3. If not, they added, a further attempt would be made on August 27.

#WATCH | Nilesh M Desai, Director, Space Applications Centre-ISRO, Ahmedabad on Chandrayaan-3 landing on the Moon

"On August 23, two hours before Chandrayaan-3 lands on the Moon, we will take a decision on whether or not it will be appropriate to land it at that time based on… pic.twitter.com/JZKrMQ9p6F

— ANI (@ANI) August 21, 2023

On Sunday, August 23, 2023, the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) declared that Chandrayaan-3 had successfully landed on the moon. (Twitter: ISRO)