India’s Chandrayaan-3 mission will attempt to land on the moon on Wednesday, and other missions will follow in coming months. Moon imagery from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera via NASA’s Scientific Visualization Studio. NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter flew over the area ten days later but was unable to locate the lander, known as Vikram. Vikram’s impact site 100 METERS Vikram’s impact site 100 METERS Vikram’s impact site 100 METERS Vikram’s impact site 100 METERS A composite image highlighting recent changes on the lunar surface. Hakuto-R’s impact site 50 METERS Hakuto-R’s impact site 50 METERS Hakuto-R’s impact site 50 METERS Hakuto-R’s impact site 50 METERS A composite image highlighting recent changes on the lunar surface.

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Persons: Russia’s Luna, Luna, India’s, Vikram, Curtius Manzinus Moretus, Curtius Manzinus Chandrayaan, Japan’s Ispace, Artemis, Eugene A Organizations: ISRO, Soviet Union, European Space Agency, Lunar, Reconnaissance Orbiter, New York Times, NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center, Arizona State Univ, Goddard Space Flight, Future Missions Japan, JAXA, Univ, Apollo Locations: Soviet, United States, Japan, India, China, Israel, Arizona, Indian, Hakuto