Will ISRO postpone Moon landing to Aug 27?

Chennai: As scientists at ISRO gear up for the much-awaited soft landing of the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft on the Moon’s surface, the space agency may postpone the touchdown to August 27 in the event that health parameters of the lander module are found to be ‘abnormal’, a senior official said.

ISRO had planned the soft landing of the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft at 06:04 pm IST on August 23. The Moon mission was launched on July 14 at 2:35 pm from Sriharikota.

According to ISRO Space Applications Centre Director Nilesh Desai, the focus of the scientists would be on reducing the speed of the spacecraft above the lunar surface.