New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday will travel to Bengaluru, Karnataka, to meet the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) team of scientists involved in the Chandrayaan-3 mission.
After a 40-day journey in space, the Chandrayaan-3 lander, “Vikram,” touched down on the unexplored lunar South Pole on Wednesday night. Thus, India became the first country to do so.
In addition, India has also became the fourth country after the United States, Russia and China to successfully carry out a mission to land on the moon. Thus, India became the first country to do so.
Moreover, the country became only the fourth country after the United States, Russia and China to successfully carry out a mission to land on the moon.
Earlier on Thursday, the Indian space agency said the Pragyan Rover had begun a moonwalk. Speaking to X (formerly Twitter), ISRO said, “Mission Chandrayaan-3. Chandrayaan-3 Rover to MOX, ISTRAC, Moon Walk begins!”
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Indian space officials said on Thursday the lunar rover ‘Pragyan’ glided down a ramp from India’s spacecraft lander hours after its historic landing near the south pole of India’s space probe. Moon, Indian space officials said on Thursday, as the country celebrates its new scientific achievement.
Chandrayaan-3
World’s first spacecraft in Antarctica Chandrayaan-3 is ISRO’s third lunar mission, designed after the failure of Chandrayaan-2.
The new 2019 Chandrayaan-2 lunar mission was troubled and failed miserably, but ISRO rose again and the magnificent Chandrayaan-3 design landed gently on the south pole of the Moon’s surface, leaving India India became the first country to do so.