India's ready to launch its Chandrayaan-3 moon-landing mission on July 14. Here's what to expect

Chandrayaan-3 will be India's second try at a robotic moon landing.

, a stable circular path around Earth that allows the mission team to ensure all instruments are working well post launch. Soon after, the spacecraft will be placed on a lunar transfer trajectory, beginning its deep-space journey. When Chandrayaan-3 nears our cosmic neighbor, its thrusters will fire up to nudge the spacecraft into a tight circular orbit around the moon until it is about 62 miles above the lunar surface.

The mission's success relies on a smooth landing of the spacecraft about 70 degrees from the moon's south pole. The landing will happen"only when the sun rises on the moon, to get 14 Earth days, or one lunar day, to work," said Arun Sinha, a former senior scientist at the, India's national space agency that is launching and operating this mission.

Upon touchdown, the rover, Pragyan , will roll off Vikram and explore the nearby region, its onboard cameras helping it avoid lunar obstacles. It is expected to remain within the lander's field of view at all times while carrying out science experiments. Pragyan has two instruments onboard to conduct on-site experiments, with which scientists hope to gain valuable technical data about the moon's makeup near the landing site. For example, similar to NASA's

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