Chandrayaan -3 and Luna -25 races:

Chandrayaan- 3 and Luna- 25 races:  India's space agency on Friday revealed pictures of the moon obtained by its Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft as it approaches the lunar south pole, where Russia is attempting to make its first landing and is supposed to be home to water ice.

A close-up of craters could be seen when the sole natural satellite of the earth whirled around in the footage, which was captured on Thursday just after the rocket's lander separated from the propulsion module.

"The health of the Lander Module (LM) is normal. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) subsequently tweeted that LM successfully conducted a deboosting procedure that decreased its orbit to 113 km by 157 km.

The rocket carrying the spacecraft was launched by the Indian space agency on July 14 from the nation's primary spaceport at in the Andhra Pradesh state of the south. On August 23, the lander is supposed to try to make a landing.

On August 11, Russia launched its first lunar lander in 47 years, traveling more directly to the moon's south pole, where researchers have found water ice that may be utilized as fuel, oxygen, and drinking water for next lunar missions or a lunar colony.

On schedule, the Luna-25 will touch down on the moon on August 21, two days before India's spacecraft.

A landing on the lunar south pole is anticipated to be challenging because to the rough terrain. In 2019, the Chandrayaan-2 mission of India's space agency crashed not far from where the Chandrayaan-3 would try to touch down.

Sanskrit for "moon vehicle" is Chandrayaan, which has a A rover that will be deployed by a 2-meter-tall (6.6-foot) lander is intended to perform a number of experiments for two weeks while in operation.

India and Russia both stand to gain nationally from successful landings and claiming the historic first.

After its 2022 invasion of Ukraine broke practically all of its space relations with the West, Russia's long-planned moonshot will test the country's developing space independence.

The Luna-25 mission, according to the Russian space agency Roscosmos, will circle the moon for 5-7 days before making one of three potential landings close to the pole.

A successful lunar landing for India would herald the country's ascent as a space power at a time when Prime Minister Narendra Modi's administration is seeking to encourage financial investment in satellite-based enterprises and commercial space flights.

The number of space businesses has more than quadrupled since India allowed private launches in 2020. India's first privately made rocket was launched late last year by Skyroot Aerospace, whose backers include Singapore's sovereign wealth fund GIC.

Indian authorities have informally downplayed the competition with Russia for first landing, claiming that there was none.

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