Chandrayaan-3 Successful Moon Landing

On August 23, 2023, India’s third lunar mission, Chandrayaan-3, successfully landed on the moon’s surface. The vehicle landed on the southern polar region of the moon as planned. The far side of the moon or the southern polar region is the area of the moon which is always hidden from our view. 

The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) launched Chandrayaan-3 on July 14, 2023, from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre located at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh. On August 5, 2023, ISRO announced that Chandrayaan-3 had successfully entered the moon’s orbit. 

With the historic moon landing of Chandrayaan-3, India became the first country to make a successful soft landing on the southern pole of the moon. The south lunar pole is covered in big and heavy rocks. This makes the area one of the hardest places to land a lunar mission. Despite this, Chandrayaan-3 was successful in achieving a soft landing. Hence, its accomplishment is worthy of praise. 

The southern pole of the moon has fascinated scientists ever since Chandrayaan-1 (India’s first lunar mission launched in 2008) provided evidence for the presence of water ice on the moon. Although Chandrayaan-2 crash-landed on the moon, its follow-up mission, Chandrayaan-3 proved to be a huge success.

Several prominent personalities have taken to social media to express their excitement and congratulate ISRO. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed this achievement as not just India’s but the entire mankind’s.