India’s moon mission is on the right track as ‘Chandrayaan 3’ successfully underwent a planned orbit reduction manoeuvre on August 09. The retrofiring of engines brought ‘Chandrayaan 3’ closer to the Moon’s surface, now to 174 km x 1437 km. The next operation to further reduce the orbit is scheduled for August 14 at around 12 am. A retro-burning at the Perilune was commanded from the Mission Operations Complex (MOX), ISTRAC, Bengaluru. Notably, earlier on Aug 07, ISRO released first ever-images of moon as captured by Chandrayaan-3 during Lunar orbit insertion. Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft is continuing its circuitous journey to the moon with a series of burns to raise its orbit. The world witnessed the historic lift-off of Chandrayaan-3 on July 14. ISRO launched India’s third lunar exploration mission from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota on July 14.