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The Hindu
The Hindu
Technology
Sonikka Loganathan

Watch | Data Point: How tough is it to land Chandrayaan-3’s Vikram lander on the moon?

Chandrayaan-3 is expected to land on the moon on August 23. But space is hard. Data shows that moon missions are especially hard.

After Chandrayaan-2’s failure, The Hindu looked at how successful past moon missions have been, to assess the odds stacked against Chandrayaan-3.

Also read:  Chandrayaan-3 | How NASA, ESA will support ISRO during the Moon landing on August 23 

Presentation and production: Sonikka Loganathan

Guest: Vasudevan Mukunth

Data support: Vignesh Radhakrishnan and Krithika Ganapathy

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