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Chandigarh, August 6

A day after Chandrayaan-3 was inserted in lunar orbit, it captured the first look of moon on Sunday.

The Moon, as viewed by #Chandrayaan3 spacecraft during Lunar Orbit Insertion (LOI) on August 5, 2023.#ISRO pic.twitter.com/xQtVyLTu0c

— LVM3-M4/CHANDRAYAAN-3 MISSION (@chandrayaan_3) August 6, 2023

“The Moon, as viewed by #Chandrayaan3 spacecraft during Lunar Orbit Insertion (LOI) on August 5, 2023,” it tweeted.

The next operation -- reduction of orbit -- will be done at 11 pm on Sunday, ISRO said.

Chandrayaan-3 was inserted in lunar orbit on Saturday.

“I am feeling lunar gravity”, was Chandrayaan-3’s message to ISRO after successfully entering Moon’s orbit.

According to ISRO, Chandrayaan-3 would attempt soft landing on the Moon’s surface on August 23.

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