"Today onwards, the onboard thrusters will be fired and Chandrayaan-3 will be taken away from the Earth for landing on Moon's surface on August 23. The vehicle systems have performed extremely well. Whatever initial conditions the spacecraft needed, we have provided very precisely and since the first leg of the experiment is 100% successful, the spacecraft is also in very good health," says Director of the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, S Unnikrishnan Nair.

Source: Economic Times July 15, 2023 14:15 UTC