August 23, day of Chandrayaan-3 Moon touchdown, to be celebrated as National Space Day, announces PM
Aug 26, 2023, 09:51 AM ISTPM Modi announced that August 23, when Chandrayaan-3 touched down on the Moon, will be celebrated as National Space Day.
PM Modi announced that August 23, when Chandrayaan-3 touched down on the Moon, will be celebrated as National Space Day.
PM Modi recalled the moment of landing on Moon when PM Modi connected online from South Africa where he was for the BRICS Summit.
PM Modi arrived at the Bengaluru airport after his two-nation visit this morning. He met the ISRO scientists today over the Chandrayaan-3's success.
Chandrayaan-3 successfully performed a soft landing on the moon on August 23, at the same time, a video is going viral on Facebook claiming that it was captured by Chandrayaan-3. When we fact-checked this video, it turned out to be deceptive and misleading.
Chandrayaan-3: On PM Modi's arrival, around 6,000 people will welcome him and there will be a 26 km-long roadshow in Bengaluru on Saturday (August 26).
India scripted history as ISRO's ambitious third Moon mission Chandrayaan-3's Lander Module (LM) touched down on the lunar surface
ISRO released pictures of Chandrayaan-2's Orbiter High-Resolution Camera spotting Vikram Lander on the Moon.
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Chandrayaan-3: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said that the Government will honour the ISRO scientists by organizing a special program at the Banquet hall in Vidhana Soudha.
On August 23, PM Modi congratulated ISRO chief S Somanath on the accomplishment of the Chandrayaan-3 mission and promised to pay a personal visit to Bengaluru shortly to thank the entire team.
ISRO has shared a video showing how the Chandrayaan-3 Vikram lander captured the Moon's image just prior to its touchdown.
The space agency further said that Lander Module payloads ILSA, RAMBHA and ChaSTE are turned on today.
The scientists at the space agency believe that Chandrayaan-3's lander and rover will come back to life when the sun rises again on the Moon, to carry on with the experiments and studies there.
Chandrayaan-3 is just one step towards India’s ambitions of becoming a leader in space exploration and research. The mission has further strengthened ISRO’s commitment to exploring more of our solar system and beyond.
Several parents witnessing the historic moment of Chandrayaan-3's landing on the Moon named their newborns after India's lunar mission in delight in Odisha's Kendrapara.
Chandrayaan-3: We all know that the core of the Earth is in liquid form but do we know about the formation of the Moon's core, said ISRO chief S Somanath as he spoke on the significance of Chandrayaan-3.
Travelling a distance of over 3.84 lakh km in 40 days, the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft, comprising a propulsion module, lander, and rover, showcased its capabilities as it touched down near the moon's South Pole.
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On August 23 (Wednesday), India scripted history as Chandrayaan-3 landed on the south pole of the Moon at 6.04 pm. While Chandrayaan-3 became a successful moon mission, the high-budgeted 'Adipurush', on the other hand, became a huge failure at the box office.
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