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The urge to get connected to the Moon began in the year 1958 when the United States first sent spacecraft named Pioneer 0 beyond the Earth's orbit.

The live telecast of the landing operations will begin at 5:20 PM IST on Wednesday. Live actions of landing will be available on the ISRO website, its YouTube channel, Facebook, and public broadcaster DD National TV from 5:27 PM IST on Aug 23, 2023.

Actor Prakash Raj has been booked in a police station of Karnataka's Bagalkot district over a social media post in which he mocked Chandrayaan-3

ISRO is bidding to make a successful soft landing on the moon, which will make India the fourth country in the world to achieve the feat after the United States, Russia and China. 

"The Moon, as viewed by #Chandrayaan3 spacecraft during Lunar Orbit Insertion (LOI) on August 5, 2023," tweeted the Mission's official Twitter handle.

Trolls and media misled readers by insinuating ISRO did not pay Chandrayaan-3 engineers salary for 17 months

Pakistan ex-minister Fawad Chaudhry, who had in 2019 mocked India and ISRO for its Chandrayaan-2 mission, gets trolled after he extends congratulation to India on Chandrayaan 3's launch

"Sir, I have seen some great spinners in my lifetime but you are all-time great," Laxman Sivaramakrishnan tweeted.

Chandrayaan-3 is equipped with a lander, a rover, and a propulsion module. It weighs around 3,900 kilograms.

On Tuesday, 11th July 2023, ISRO successfully rehearsed for landing Chandrayaan-3 on the moon.