7 Amazing Facts You Must Know About Chandrayan-3

Author: Vaibhav | Date: July 16, 2023 | Time: 10:00 AM

The Chandrayaan program was conceived by the Government of India on August 15, 2003

A successful landing on the lunar surface would make India only the fourth country to achieve the feat



It is expected to make a soft landing on the Moon on either August 23 or August 24

A total number of 38 soft landing attempts have been made by space agencies in the world to soft-land on the moon, so far

LVM3, which carried the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft, went through more than 3,000 wind tunnel tests

The Chandrayaan-3 is built on a budget of just under Rs 615 crore or $75 million

Chandrayaan-3 is the fourth mission for the LVM3 rocket, which will transport the 3,900 kg (3.9 tonnes) Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft