Is it True? NASA Satellites Capture Chandrayaan-3’s Moon Landing

NASA Satellite Footage: Chandrayaan-3’s Moon Landing – Fact or Fiction?

Chandrayaan-3 Indian The spacecraft successfully landed on the southern pole of the moon after 40 days of the journey, and India reached a milestone as the first country in the world to reach the southern pole of the moon. Some speculations were wandering around the world on social media apps, mainly WhatsApp, saying there is no evidence for landing Chandrayaan-3 on the moon. The video was created for illustration purposes by ISRO.

Facts about Chandrayaan-3 landing on the moon

• NASA Satellites captured the Chandrayaan-3 Spacecraft landing on the Moon

• The LRO (Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter) and DSCVOR (Deep Space Climate Observatory) captured images of Chandrayaan-3 landing on the moon. These two satellites are NASA satellites.

• The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter captured images of the Vikram Lander moments before it landed on the moon.

• The Deep Space Climate Observatory captured images of the Vikram Lander as the Chandrayaan-3 after landing on the moon from a further distance.

• The images of the Chandrayaan-3 Vikram lander captured by LRO show that it is Descending towards the moon’s surface.

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As per the information in the images captured by the LRO satellite of NASA, the Vikram Lander is surrounded by a cloud of dust and debris, which is kicked up by the Vikram Lander thrusters. By taking the information from the DSCOVR satellite of NASA, which captured Chandrayaan-3 after landing on the moon, the satellite shows that Vikram Lander looks like a small dark dot on the moon’s surface.

India reached the milestone by landing the Chandrayaan-3 on the moon, becoming the Fourth country in the world to land a Spacecraft on the moon. The ISRO Scientists are planning to deploy the Rover from the Vikram Lander in the coming days.