According to a senior official at the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), if the weather turn out to be "unfavourable", the Chandrayaan-3 mission will try to land on the moon's surface on August 27 rather than August 23 as originally planned."On August 23, two hours before Chandrayaan-3 lands on the moon, we will take a decision on whether or not it will be appropriate to land it at that time based on the health of the lander module and the conditions on the moon," Nilesh M Desai, Director, Space Applications Centre-ISRO told ANI on August 21. "In case, if any factor appears to be not favourable, then we will land the module on the Moon on August 27," he added.

Key Point

• According to a senior official at the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), if the weather turn out to be "unfavourable", the Chandrayaan-3 mission will try to land on the moon's surface on August 27 rather than August 23 as originally planned.