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Chandrayaan-3: Two days ahead of the landing of the spacecraft, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Monday shared the images of Vikram lander determining the landing site.

"Here are the images of the Lunar far side area captured by the Lander Hazard Detection and Avoidance Camera (LHDAC). This camera assists in locating a safe landing area -- without boulders or deep trenches -- during the descent," the ISRO wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter.

The lunar spacecraft is scheduled to land on the moon on August 23, at nearly 06:04 Pm IST. Live actions will be available on the ISRO website, its YouTube channel, Facebook, and public broadcaster DD National TV from 17:27 IST on Aug 23, 2023.

Let's take a look at the timeline of Chandrayaan 3's journey:

August 23: Chandrayaan-3 will land on the lunar surface if everything goes according to the schedule.

August 20: The second and final deboosting operation was carried out by the lunar spacecraft.

August 18: Chandrayaan-3's Vikram lander underwent a crucial deboosting manoeuvre and descended to a slightly lower orbit after successfully getting separated from the propulsion module the day before.

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August 17: The spacecraft's Vikram lander module of the spacecraft successfully separated from the propulsion module.

August 16: ISRO successfully carried out the final orbit reduction manoeuvre of the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft. It entered into an orbit of 153 km x 163 km.

August 14: The spacecraft entered the orbit circularisation phase of 151 km x 179 km orbit.

August 9: The spacecraft performed another manoeuver that lowered it to 174 km x 1437 km.

August 7: GSLV Mark 3 (LVM 3) heavy-lift launch vehicle, which lifted off successfully with the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft, underwent a planned orbit reduction manoeuvre. The retrofitting of engines brought it closer to the Moon's surface, now to 170 km x 4313 km.

August 6: The spacecraft entered into the lunar oribit to 170 km x 4,313 km around the moon.

August 5: The Chandrayaan's oribit was lowered to 164 km x 18074 km. It covered about two-thirds of the distance to the Moon since its launch.

August 1 : The lunar spacecraft entered the translunar orbit with an orbit of 288 km x 369328 km.

July 25: Chandrayaan-3 completed its final orbit-raising manoeuvre (Earth-bound perigee firing).

July 15:The mission's initial orbit-raising manoeuvre was successfully carried out. The spacecraft reached a 41762 km x 173 km orbit.

July 14: India launched Chandrayaan 3 on GSLV Mark 3 (LVM 3) successfully from Andhra Pradesh's Sriharikota.

(With inputs from the agency)