WATCH: Stunning Glimpses Of Moon Captured By Chandrayaan 3

<p>Visuals of the Moon as viewed by Chandrayaan 3 spacecraft were revealed on Sunday, a day after the spacecraft safely entered lunar orbit. Taking to X (formerly known as Twitter), ISRO stated: &ldquo;The Moon, as viewed by Chandrayaan 3 spacecraft during Lunar Orbit Insertion (LOI) on August 5, 2023."</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">The Moon, as viewed by <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Chandrayaan3?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Chandrayaan3</a> spacecraft during Lunar Orbit Insertion (LOI) on August 5, 2023.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ISRO?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ISRO</a> <a href="https://t.co/xQtVyLTu0c">pic.twitter.com/xQtVyLTu0c</a></p> &mdash; LVM3-M4/CHANDRAYAAN-3 MISSION (@chandrayaan_3) <a href="https://twitter.com/chandrayaan_3/status/1688215948531015681?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 6, 2023</a></blockquote> <p> <script src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" async="" charset="utf-8"></script> </p> <p>"The spacecraft successfully underwent a planned orbit reduction maneuver. The retrofiring of engines brought it closer to the Moon's surface, now to 170 km x 4313 km," ISRO tweeted.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">Chandrayaan-3 Mission:<br />The spacecraft successfully underwent a planned orbit reduction maneuver. The retrofiring of engines brought it closer to the Moon's surface, now to 170 km x 4313 km.<br /><br />The next operation to further reduce the orbit is scheduled for August 9, 2023, between&hellip; <a href="https://t.co/e17kql5p4c">pic.twitter.com/e17kql5p4c</a></p> &mdash; ISRO (@isro) <a href="https://twitter.com/isro/status/1688248504458846208?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 6, 2023</a></blockquote> <p> <script src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" async="" charset="utf-8"></script> </p> <p>"I am feeling lunar gravity," read Chandrayaan-3's transmission to the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Saturday, following a successful manoeuvre that moved it closer to the moon, a crucial milestone in the space agency's ambitious Rs 600 million mission.</p> <p>"MOX, ISTRAC, this is Chandrayaan-3," the ISRO said in a transmission sent by the spacecraft to its facilities.&nbsp;</p> <p>On August 4, Chandrayaan-3 has travelled two-thirds of the way between Earth and the Moon. Chandrayaan-3 entered the Moon's zone of influence on August 1 after successfully completing an orbit-raising manoeuvre known as a perigee burn. A perigee burn allows a spacecraft to increase its orbit.</p> <p>Chandrayaan-3 completed its orbit around Earth in the early hours of August 1, after which it was put into translunar orbit.</p> <p>The journey to the Moon of the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft began when ISRO's largest and heaviest rocket, the Launch Vehicle Mark III (LVM3), launched India's third lunar exploration mission from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh.&nbsp;</p> <p>ISRO hopes to softly land Chandrayaan-3's lander on the Moon's south pole. If this is accomplished, India would become the fourth country to conduct a soft landing on the Moon, as well as the first to land a spacecraft on the Moon's south pole.</p> <p>The Earth-centric phase, the lunar transfer phase, and the Moon-centric phase are the three phases of Chandrayaan-3.&nbsp;</p> <p>The Earth-centric phase, also known as Phase-1, consists of the pre-launch phase, the launch and ascent phase, and the Earth-bound manoeuvre phase, which will assist the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft in changing directions.&nbsp;</p> <p>The lunar transfer phase comprises the transfer trajectory phase, during which Chandrayaan-3 selected the path that will send it to lunar orbit.&nbsp;</p>

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