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Chandrayaan-3 nears Moon's touchdown! Final lunar-bound manoeuvre completed.

India's ambitious third Moon mission's spacecraft Chandrayaan-3 conducted the final lunar-bound manoeuvre at around 8:30 am, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) announced on X (formerly Twitter). "It’s time for preparations as the Propulsion Module and the Lander Module gear up for their separate journeys," it added. After Wednesday’s manoeuvre, ISRO will perform another manoeuvre for lander separation from the Propulsion Module on August 17, 2023.