Enlarge / India’s Chandrayaan 3 lander stands about 2 meters, or a little more than 6 feet, in height.ISRO
India’s Chandrayaan 3 spacecraft is setting up for a final descent to the surface of the Moon on Wednesday, four days after Russia’s Luna 25 lander cratered following a botched engine burn.
If all goes according to plan, the Chandrayaan 3 lander—named Vikram—will settle softly onto the lunar surface at 8:34 am EDT (12:34 UTC) Wednesday, redeeming India’s failed landing attempt on the Chandrayaan 2 mission in 2019.
But for the last 47 years, reaching the Moon’s surface in one piece
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