The Chandrayaan-3 mission's lunar lander is shown on the moon's surface. The Vikram lander touched down August 23 after separating from the propulsion module, which remained in lunar orbit.

India’s Chandrayaan-3 mission has crossed another milestone with the exit of the mission’s rover from its lander to explore the lunar surface just hours after the country made history with a ...

India's third lunar exploration mission, Chandrayaan-3, launched on July 14. The mission's lander and rover are scheduled to touch down on the moon in late August.

India stacked its Chandrayaan 3 moon lander and rover atop their rocket ride on Wednesday (July 5), a big milestone ahead of the mission's planned July 14 launch.

WASHINGTON — The spacecraft that transported the Chandrayaan-3 lander to the moon has returned to Earth orbit, a demonstration of technologies to support a future Indian lunar sample return mission.

Chandrayaan-3 will make five orbit manoeuvres around the Earth, each time increasing the distance it swings away from the Earth. Then, after it completes the fifth manoeuvre, it begins to move ...

Chandrayaan-3’s success will act as a stepping stone toward India building LUPEX’s lander and thus playing a key role in the future exploration of our moon,” says S. Megala, deputy director ...

India has landed its Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft on the moon, becoming only the fourth nation ever to accomplish such a feat. The mission could cement India’s status as a global superpower in space.

Chandrayaan-3 mission: Vikram lander successfully separated from the spacecraft's ... Chandrayaan-3 escaped from orbiting the Earth and began following a path that would take it to the ...

The Chandrayaan-3 mission's lunar lander is shown on the moon's surface. The Vikram lander touched down August 23 after separating from the propulsion module, which remained in lunar orbit.

Chandrayaan-3: Rover exits Moon lander to explore lunar south pole. ... Both the rover and the lander are designed to function for one lunar day, which is about 14 days on Earth.