CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Chandrayaan-3, expected to be launched at the end of 2023, will have a lander and a rover. The Chandrayaan programme, also known as the Indian lunar exploration programme, is an ongoing series of outer space mission by Isro.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Chandrayaan-3 mission will tentatively be launched between June and July 2023. The mission will only be carrying a Lunar lander and rover, unlike its predecessor which carried an orbiter, lander and rover.

Detailed explanation-3: -Chandrayaan-3 is set to be launched on GSLV Mk-III in June this year. The mission has been delayed as Isro continues to test the rover, which is expected to be more robust than the last two missions.

Detailed explanation-4: -India plans to launch the Chandrayaan 3 mission to the Moon in June 2023, taking a landing module and robotic rover to explore the surface. India first reached the moon in 2008 with Chandrayaan 1.

Detailed explanation-5: -In 2023, ISRO will also carry out the first test flight of its most ambitious mission, Gaganyaan. The crewed launch has been delayed until 2024, although the Indian space agency may launch the unmanned “G1” mission in the final quarter of 2023 and the “G2” mission in the first half of 2024.