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Chandrayaan-3 inches closer to the Moon’s surface as countdown begins

On Monday, the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) sent an update on Chandrayaan-3's journey to the south pole of the Moon on the microblogging website 'X,' formerly known as Twitter. According to ISRO, the Lander Vikram, which has been orbiting the moon since August 5th, has now made contact with the Chandrayaan-2 orbiter.

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Russia’s Luna 25 encounters ‘unknown’ difficulty in pre-landing phase

Luna-25, which was launched on August 10—nearly a month after Chandrayaan-3's launch—was vying with the Indian spacecraft for the right to settle on the moon's south pole on August 21. The Russian spacecraft, however, reported a "abnormal situation" as it attempted to enter its planned pre-landing lunar orbit.

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