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Chandrayaan-3 vs Luna-25: Know the Differences, Estimated Landing Dates of Lunar Missions by India and Russia

Russia launched its first lunar mission in the last 47 years, Luna-25 , on August 11 aboard a Soyuz 2.1v rocket. The primary goal of this lunar mission is to make a soft landing on the South Pole of the Moon 's surface. With this, Russia attempts to become the first nation to land on the lunar south pole. However, it is not the only country aiming to achieve the feat this month. India is expecting Chandrayaan-3 , its lunar mission launched by ISRO on July 14, is also expected to make a soft landing on the South Pole on August 23 or 24. Chandrayaan-3 vs Luna-25: Which lunar mission will land first? Both Chandrayaan -3 and Luna-25 share the same ambition. While launched almost a month apart both missions are expected to make a soft lunar landing one after the other. According to Russia's space agency Roscosmos, as reported by Reuters, the lander is expected to touch down on the moon on August 21. The space agency previously estimated the landing date to be August 23. Chandray

Twitter.com Starts Switching Over to X.com; iOS Users Reportedly See Changed URLs

X — Elon Musk-led microblogging website formerly known as Twitter — is in a big transition phase. Its blue bird logo has been replaced with an X logo in July. Now recently, a user pointed out that URLs generated from the share sheet of the X app on iOS now begin with X.com instead of the earlier domain, twitter.com. Billionaire Elon Musk rebranded Twitter as X last month. The mobile application icon for Twitter on both Android and iOS platforms is now shown as X. The company later named tweets as posts. Musk's X might have started to shift towards X.com. As per a report by The Verge, URLs generated from the share sheet of the X app on iOS are now showing X.com instead of the old twitter.com. However, the Web link and Android app are redirecting users to the old domain as of yet. The company could change this in the coming days. X owner Musk earlier confirmed that X.com would redirect  users to Twitter. The Tesla tycoon recently rebranded Twitter as X and replaced its legacy bl