Chandrayaan-3 has been orbiting the moon since early August. On Wednesday, as the spacecraft approached the low point of the orbit, moving at more than 3,700 mph, a preprogrammed sequence of maneuvers commenced. The craft's four engines fired again at the start of what ISRO called the "rough braking" portion of the descent, its speed of fall accelerating. After 11.5 minutes, the lander was just over 4 1/2 miles above the surface and started rotating from a horizontal to a vertical position while continuing its descent.from News-Economic Times https://ift.tt/bRC3Xta
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