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Line 72: }} '''Chandrayaan-3'''<!--Do not add any foreign/Indic/Devanagari script per WP:INDICSCRIPT--> ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|tʃ|ʌ|n|d|ɹ|ə|ˈ|j|ɑː|n}} {{respell|CHUN|drə|YAHN}}) is the third mission in the [[Chandrayaan programme]], a series of [[Exploration of the Moon|lunar-exploration]] missions developed by the [[ISRO|Indian Space Research Organisation]] (ISRO).<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Kumar |first1=Hari |last2=Travelli |first2=Alex |last3=Mashal |first3=Mujib |last4=Chang |first4=Kenneth |date=23 August 2023 |title=India Moon Landing: In Latest Moon Race, India Lands First in Southern Polar Region |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/08/23/science/india-moon-landing-chandrayaan-3 |url-status=live |access-date=26 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230826034411/https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/08/23/science/india-moon-landing-chandrayaan-3 |archive-date=26 August 2023 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The mission consists of a [[Chandrayaan-2#Vikram lander|''Vikram'']] [[lunar lander]] and a [[Pragyan (Chandrayaan-3)|''Pragyan'']] [[lunar rover]] was launched from [[Satish Dhawan Space Centre]] on 14 July 2023. The spacecraft entered lunar orbit on 5 August, and [[India]] became the first country to touch down near the [[lunar south pole]], at 69°S, the southernmost lunar landing <ref name=":5" /> on 23 August 2023 at 18:03 [[India Standard Time|IST]] (12:33 [[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]]), made ISRO the fourth space agency to successfully [[Moon landing|land on the Moon]], after [[Roscosmos]], [[NASA]], and the [[China National Space Administration|CNSA]]. <ref>{{Cite web |last=Kumar |first=Sanjay |date=23 August 2023 |title=India makes history by landing spacecraft near Moon's south pole |url=https://www.science.org/content/article/india-makes-history-landing-spacecraft-near-moon-s-south-pole |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230824120354/https://www.science.org/content/article/india-makes-history-landing-spacecraft-near-moon-s-south-pole |archive-date=24 August 2023 |access-date=24 August 2023 |website=Science.org}}</ref>{{Efn|While the landing site is often referred to as a "polar region" in the media,<ref>{{Cite news |date=6 July 2023 |title=Chandrayaan-3 launch on 14 July, lunar landing on 23 or 24 August |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/chandrayaan-3-launch-scheduled-for-july-14-at-235-pm/article67049236.ece |url-status=live |access-date=14 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230711031538/https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/chandrayaan-3-launch-scheduled-for-july-14-at-235-pm/article67049236.ece |archive-date=11 July 2023 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=India lands spacecraft near south pole of moon in historic first |work=The Guardian |url=https://amp.theguardian.com/science/2023/aug/23/india-chandrayaan-3-moon-landing-mission |url-status=live |access-date=23 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230823031538/https://amp.theguardian.com/science/2023/aug/23/india-chandrayaan-3-moon-landing-mission |archive-date=23 August 2023}}</ref> location of Chandrayaan-3's lander or rover is not within the Lunar Antarctic circle (80°S). ISRO scientists involved in selecting and characterizing the landing site call it a "high-latitude location".<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Karanam |first1=Durga Prasad |last2=Bhatt |first2=Megha |last3=A |first3=Amitabh |last4=G |first4=Ambily |last5=Sathyan |first5=Sachana |last6=Misra |first6=Dibyendu |last7=Srivastava |first7=Neeraj |last8=Bhardwaj |first8=Anil |date=3 August 2023 |title=Contextual Characterisation Study of Chandrayaan-3 Primary Landing Site Chandrayaan-3 was launched from [[Satish Dhawan Space Centre]] on 14 July 2023. The spacecraft entered lunar orbit on 5 August, and became the first lander to touch down near the [[lunar south pole]]<ref name=":5" /> on 23 August at 18:03 [[India Standard Time|IST]] (12:33 [[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]]), making India the fourth country to successfully [[Moon landing|land on the Moon]], and at 69°S, the southernmost lunar landing, until [[IM-1]] landed further southwards in [[Malapert (crater)|Malapert A crater]] on 22 February 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kumar |first=Sanjay |date=23 August 2023 |title=India makes history by landing spacecraft near Moon's south pole |url=https://www.science.org/content/article/india-makes-history-landing-spacecraft-near-moon-s-south-pole |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230824120354/https://www.science.org/content/article/india-makes-history-landing-spacecraft-near-moon-s-south-pole |archive-date=24 August 2023 |access-date=24 August 2023 |website=Science.org}}</ref>{{Efn|While the landing site is often referred to as a "polar region" in the media,<ref>{{Cite news |date=6 July 2023 |title=Chandrayaan-3 launch on 14 July, lunar landing on 23 or 24 August |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/chandrayaan-3-launch-scheduled-for-july-14-at-235-pm/article67049236.ece |url-status=live |access-date=14 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230711031538/https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/chandrayaan-3-launch-scheduled-for-july-14-at-235-pm/article67049236.ece |archive-date=11 July 2023 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=India lands spacecraft near south pole of moon in historic first |work=The Guardian |url=https://amp.theguardian.com/science/2023/aug/23/india-chandrayaan-3-moon-landing-mission |url-status=live |access-date=23 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230823031538/https://amp.theguardian.com/science/2023/aug/23/india-chandrayaan-3-moon-landing-mission |archive-date=23 August 2023}}</ref> location of Chandrayaan-3's lander or rover is not within the Lunar Antarctic circle (80°S). ISRO scientists involved in selecting and characterizing the landing site call it a "high-latitude location".<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Karanam |first1=Durga Prasad |last2=Bhatt |first2=Megha |last3=A |first3=Amitabh |last4=G |first4=Ambily |last5=Sathyan |first5=Sachana |last6=Misra |first6=Dibyendu |last7=Srivastava |first7=Neeraj |last8=Bhardwaj |first8=Anil |date=3 August 2023 |title=Contextual Characterisation Study of Chandrayaan-3 Primary Landing Site == History == | |||