Chandrayaan-3: India's lunar lander Vikram sends close-up photos of Moon - BBC News

The photos are taken by Vikram, Chandrayaan-3's lander, which has begun the last phase of its mission.

2 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingRelated TopicsChandrayaan programmeImage source, IsroBy Geeta PandeyBBC News, DelhiIndia's space agency has released latest images of the Moon as its third lunar mission starts descending towards the little-explored south pole.

The pictures have been taken by Vikram, Chandrayaan-3's lander, which began the last phase of its mission on Thursday.

Vikram, which carries a rover in its belly, is due to land near the south pole on 23 August.

The lander detached from the propulsion module, which carried it close to the Moon, on Thursday.

The black-and-white images show close-ups of rocks and craters on the Moon's surface. One of the photographs shows the propulsion module too.

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