{"id":358825,"date":"2023-08-21T03:58:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-21T03:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/08\/21\/amid-countdown-to-touchdown-chandrayaan-3-shares-fresh-images-of-moon\/"},"modified":"2023-08-21T03:58:00","modified_gmt":"2023-08-21T03:58:00","slug":"amid-countdown-to-touchdown-chandrayaan-3-shares-fresh-images-of-moon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/08\/21\/amid-countdown-to-touchdown-chandrayaan-3-shares-fresh-images-of-moon\/","title":{"rendered":"Amid Countdown To Touchdown, Chandrayaan-3 Shares Fresh Images Of Moon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\" id=\"ins_storybody\"><!-- \n\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\" class=\"sp-cn ins_storybody\" id=\"ins_storybody\">--><\/p>\n<div class=\"ins_instory_dv\">\n<div class=\"ins_instory_dv_cont\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Amid Countdown To Touchdown, Chandrayaan-3 Shares Fresh Images Of Moon\" alt=\"Amid Countdown To Touchdown, Chandrayaan-3 Shares Fresh Images Of Moon\" id=\"story_image_main\" src=\"https:\/\/c.ndtvimg.com\/2023-08\/5rjpr42o_chandrayaan3-image-of-moon_625x300_21_August_23.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<p class=\"ins_instory_dv_caption sp_b\">The Vikram lander is expected to touch down on the Moon&#8217;s surface on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The latest images of the Moon taken by the Chandrayaan-3&#8217;s lander identified some of the prominent craters on its far side, which always faces away from the Earth.<\/p>\n<p>The images were taken by a camera tasked to help the Vikram lander find a safe landing area ahead of its historic touchdown on the unexplored lunar south polar region on Wednesday evening.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Chandrayaan-3 Mission:<\/p>\n<p>Here are the images of<br \/>Lunar far side area<br \/>captured by the<br \/>Lander Hazard Detection and Avoidance Camera (LHDAC).<\/p>\n<p>This camera that assists in locating a safe landing area &#8212; without boulders or deep trenches &#8212; during the descent is developed at\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hw2ML4xCY5\">pic.twitter.com\/hw2ML4xCY5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ISRO (@isro) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/isro\/status\/1693464620525404451?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 21, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Here are the images of Lunar far side area captured by the Lander Hazard Detection and Avoidance Camera (LHDAC). This camera that assists in locating a safe landing area &#8212; without boulders or deep trenches &#8212; during the descent is developed at SAC\/ISRO,&#8221; said Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on X, formerly known as Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>The images, captured last Saturday, identified the craters: Hayn, Boss L, Mare Humboldtianum, and Bel&#8217;kovich.<\/p>\n<p>The far side of the Moon is the lunar hemisphere which always faces away from Earth due to the synchronous rotation in the Moon&#8217;s orbit.<\/p>\n<p>The lander is scheduled to touch down on the Moon&#8217;s south polar region at 6:04 pm on Wednesday. If successful, India will join US, Russia, and China as only the fourth country to achieve this feat.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/india-news\/chandrayaan-3-to-land-on-moon-on-august-23-here-s-how-you-can-watch-it-4313565\">Click here<\/a> to check how to watch the historic moment live.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/india-news\/chandrayaan-3s-lander-shares-fresh-images-of-moon-days-before-historic-touchdown-4314626\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] The Vikram lander is expected to touch down on the Moon&#8217;s surface on Wednesday. The latest images of the Moon taken by the Chandrayaan-3&#8217;s lander identified some of the prominent craters on its far side, which always faces away from the Earth. 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