Chandrayaan-2: Vikram-Pragyan get even closer to Moon

The 2nd de-orbiting maneuver of Chandrayaan -2 spacecraft was successfully carried out early Wednesday, inching towards achieving a historic soft-landing on the lunar surface. The 9-second de-orbiting manoeuvre was executed at 3.42am using the onboard propulsion system. On Tuesday, the first de-orbiting manoeuvre for the spacecraft was carried out.

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