Chandrayaan-3: Navigating the Lunar 'Fifteen Minutes of Terror'

India launches a new lunar mission after Chandrayaan-2 setback, targeting south pole landing

ISRO's Chandrayaan-3 aims for lunar south pole landing with Vikram lander from lunar orbit

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The "fifteen minutes of terror" phase looms large, learned from Chandrayaan-2's challenges

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Chandrayaan-3's lander prepares for a gentle vertical descent, shifting from high-speed horizontal

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Successful landing initiates experiments: lunar composition analysis, seismic study by Vikram and Pragyaan

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Lander Vikram and rover Pragyaan's mission life is 1 lunar day or 14 Earth days

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Scientists say that the mission is likely to survive the freezing sub-zero night at Moon to see another day

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