Chandrayaan-3: The Timeline To India's Historic Leap

July 14: ISRO launches Chandrayaan-3 into orbit for 14 Earth days' mission on the Moon

July 15: Execution of initial orbit-raising manoeuvre accomplished

July 16-July 31: Successful completion of four orbit-raising manoeuvres

August 1: Chandrayaan is inserted into the translunar orbit

August 5: Chandrayaan successfully enters lunar orbit

August 6-16: Four orbit-reduction manoeuvres carried out to reach closer to Moon

August 17: Lander module successfully separated from the propulsion module

August 18: ISRO performs 'deboosting' to reduce Chandrayaan's orbit to 113x157 km

August 20: ISRO carries out final 'deboosting' to further reduce Chandrayaan's orbit to 25x134 km

August 23: Chandrayaan-3 makes historic soft-landing on the lunar surface