India's Chandrayaan-3 mission achieves remarkable success: ISRO's lunar endeavor successfully soft-lands on Moon
Aug 23, 2023
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India] August 24 : In a momentous achievement, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) announced that its Chandrayaan-3 mission has triumphantly accomplished a soft landing on the lunar surface.
"Chandrayaan-3 Mission: 'India, I reached my destination and you too!': Chandrayaan-3. Chandrayaan-3 has successfully soft-landed on the moon! Congratulations, India!" posted ISRO on X, formerly known as Twitter.
The success was met with jubilation at ISRO's headquarters, as Chief S Somanath extended his gratitude to the team and supporters for their unwavering dedication. Reflecting on the journey, he emphasized the invaluable lessons learned from previous setbacks that ultimately paved the way for this triumph.
He said, "Thank you everyone for the support...We learned a lot from our failure and today we succeeded. We are looking forward to the next 14 days from now for Chandrayaan-3."
"India is on the Moon", he said as Chandrayaan-3 lander module Vikram made a safe and soft landing on the Moon.
Meanwhile, CRPF jawans in Jammu celebrate and raise slogans of 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai' as the ISRO's third lunar mission Chandrayaan-3 makes a successful landing.
Officials at India's space agency ISRO headquarters in Bengaluru broke into applause after the Vikram began its powered vertical descent towards its landing site.
With this India has become the fourth country- after the US, China and Russia – to have successfully landed on the moon’s surface, it has earned a place in record books as the first to touchdown on the south side of Earth’s only natural satellite.
Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft put down the Vikram lander on the lunar surface, descending and tilted to a horizontal position ahead of landing.
The spacecraft was launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Andhra Pradesh’s Sriharikota on July 14.
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) founder Vikram Sarabhai, who is considered the father of the Indian space program, once said India must be second to none in the application of advanced technologies to the real problems facing society.
The establishment of the ISRO was one of Vikram Sarabhai's greatest achievements. He successfully convinced the government of the day of the importance of a space programme for a developing country like India.
