Ashwini Vaishnaw congratulates scientists for successful lunar mission of Chandrayaan-3
As India scripted history on Wednesday, with the Chandryaan-3 successfully performing a soft landing on the moon, Union Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw congratulated the Indian scientists on their success.
ANI
Aug 24, 2023 00:55 IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], August 24 (ANI): As India scripted history on Wednesday with the Chandryaan-3 successfully performing a soft landing on the moon, Union Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, congratulated the Indian scientists on their success.
"I extend my heartiest congratulations to the whole team of Chandrayaan. This is the victory of India's confidence and willpower. We have witnessed a true moment of Amrit Varsh under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi," the Union Minister told ANI.
The Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) Chandrayaan-3 mission landed successfully after a 40-day journey starting from the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota.
India's success in landing the spacecraft on the Moon's south pole comes days after a Russian probe Luna-25 crashed in the same region.
Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft put down the Vikram lander on the lunar surface, descending and tilted to a horizontal position ahead of landing.
The Chandrayaan-3 mission is the follow-up to the Chandrayaan-2 mission of 2019 when the Vikram lander crashed into the lunar surface.
This makes India 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. (ANI)
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