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INDIA ON THE MOON

A GIANT LEAP

After the historic soft landing by the Chandrayaan-3 lander Vikram on the

southern polar region of the Moon, the world erupts in celebrations.
It is India’s true moment of achievement, pride and celebrations

OUR BUREAU
Bengaluru/New York/Johannesburg
ndia is on the Moon, and the
world is in awe of it. When a rock-
Iet was launched from the Satish
Dhawan Space Centre in Andhra
Pradesh’s Sriharikota on July 14,
it carried the hopes and prayers of
1.45 billion people. But on August 23
(Wednesday) when the Vikram land-
er touched down on the Moon, the
whole world erupted in celebrations.
Indian Space Research Organiza-
tion (Isro) tweeted, “Chandrayaan-3
Mission: ‘India, I reached my destina-
tion and you too!’ Chandrayaan-3 has
successfully soft-landed on the moon!
Congratulations, India!”
And what is significant about this
is that India has reached the South
Pole of the Moon which no country in
the world could reach to date with the
dedication and talent of its scientists.
On Thursday morning, moon
rover of India’s Chandrayaan-3 rolled Prime Minister Narendra Modi being greeted by the Indian community on the successful landing of Chandrayaan-3 in Johannesburg on Wednesday (ANI)
out from the spacecraft to begin its
exploration of the uncharted lunar
surface. Isro, the country’s space making it the first country to have India’s Permanent Mission to the achievements that will benefit human-
agency said that the spacecraft made achieved the historic feat and bringing UN on Friday celebrated the success ity as a whole.”
a historic landing on the south pole of to an end the disappointment over the of the Chandrayaan-3 mission. Per- The recent achievement of suc-
the moon a day earlier, making India crash landing of the Chandrayaan-2, manent representative to UN Ruchi- cessfully landing on the Moon has
the first country to achieve this feat. four years ago. ra Kamboj has said Chandrayaan-3’s been hailed as a remarkable feat by
“The Ch-3 Rover ramped down from India became the fourth coun- successful landing on the Moon is a various nations, with the United King-
the Lander and India took a walk on try – after the US, China, and Russia historic moment for humanity as “we dom’s Secretary of State for Business
the moon. More updates soon,” Isro – to have successfully landed on the venture into uncharted territory near and Trade, Kemi Badenoch, express-
posted on X. moon’s surface. India entered record the moon’s South Pole”. ing admiration for India’s technolog-
The first picture of the six-wheeled books as the first country to touch She said the Chandrayaan-3 mis- ical prowess. Badenoch emphasized
robotic vehicle Pragyan rolling out of down on the south side of Earth’s only sion “not only marks India’s presence that India’s advanced skills and its
Vikram has been shared by Isro. The natural satellite. on the moon but also symbolizes the ability to achieve what no other coun-
Lander and the Rover with a mission Special screenings of the soft aspirations of 1.4 billion Indians. Be- try has done before demonstrate its
life of one Lunar Day (14 Earth days) landing were organized across the yond that, it’s a historic moment for prominent position in the world.
have scientific payloads to carry out country, including schools science humanity as we venture into uncharted Secretary said, “This is exciting
experiments on the lunar surface. centers, and public institutions. ISRO territory near the moon’s South Pole.” news, not just for India, but also for
India took a giant leap on made the live action available on the Kamboj said that as per Prime the whole world. All of these things
Wednesday evening as the Chan- ISRO website, its YouTube channel, Minister Narendra Modi, the mis- are steps for all of mankind and we in
drayaan-3 lander module successful- Facebook, and public broadcaster DD sion’s success “belongs to all of us the UK, we’re very pleased and wish
ly landed on the moon’s South Pole, National TV. and holds promise for future scientific Continued on next page... >>

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