Shillong, August 23: Chandrayaan-3, which was launched on July 14, successfully touched down on the Moon’s south pole on Wednesday (August 23). This is for the first time that India’s moon mission has successfully landed on the lunar south pole. On Sunday, the space agency specified it would do so at 6.04 pm.
#WATCH | "India is on the Moon": ISRO chief S Somanath as Chandrayaan 3 lander module Vikram makes safe and soft landing on the Moon pic.twitter.com/5xEKg0Lrlu
— ANI (@ANI) August 23, 2023
Prime Minister Narendra Modi also witnessed the historic moment virtually in South Africa.
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After successfully landing on Moon’ the Chandrayaan-3 Vikram lander said that ‘India’, I reached my destination and you too!
Chandrayaan-3 Mission:
'India🇮🇳,
I reached my destination
and you too!'
: Chandrayaan-3Chandrayaan-3 has successfully
soft-landed on the moon 🌖!.Congratulations, India🇮🇳!#Chandrayaan_3#Ch3
— ISRO (@isro) August 23, 2023
Chandrayaan-3 lander module enters vertical descent phase; module approaching the lunar surface pic.twitter.com/e8QXLl47Pa
— ANI (@ANI) August 23, 2023
Chandrayaan-3 lander module is at an altitude of 17.8km from the Moon’s surface, says ISRO
#WATCH | Chandrayaan-3 lander module is at an altitude of 17.8km from the Moon's surface, says ISRO#Chandrayaan3 pic.twitter.com/1HfzFpBEAl
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#WATCH | Chandrayaan-3 lander Vikram shares pictures of the moon's surface. pic.twitter.com/chuDCzZXUU
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#WATCH | J&K: Giant screen put up at Srinagar's Lal Chowk, telecasting Chandrayaan-3 landing event pic.twitter.com/EwkLU7chlZ
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#WATCH | The power descent phase of Chandrayaan-3 lander Vikram has started, says ISRO. pic.twitter.com/kGEvITlG4L
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Chandrayaan-3 lander Vikram's altitude is decreasing after the Automatic Landing Sequence (ALS) was initiated and the power descent phase is on
No ground intervention in the descent of the lander module after initiation of Automatic Landing Sequence (ALS) pic.twitter.com/RnNe8tiMFT
— ANI (@ANI) August 23, 2023
#WATCH | Union MoS Science & Technology Dr Jitendra Singh at CSIR headquarters in Delhi to witness the landing of Vikram lander on the Moon#Chandrayaan3 pic.twitter.com/xxWwfAZcap
— ANI (@ANI) August 23, 2023
#WATCH | Mumbai: Singer Kailash Kher dedicates a song for Indians before the landing of Chandrayaan-3. pic.twitter.com/jXLJ4MkCuN
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#WATCH | J&K | People offer special prayers at Hazratbal Dargah in Srinagar for the successful lunar landing of Chandrayaan-3. pic.twitter.com/eX6RqPDl4A
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#WATCH | Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri takes part in the special ardas at Gurdwara Bangla Sahib in Delhi for the successful lunar landing of Chandrayaan-3. pic.twitter.com/nwr46WqWfK
— ANI (@ANI) August 23, 2023
#WATCH | Delhi: "We are going to join the elite group of four (countries) touching the Moon's surface… Failures gives lessons. We've learnt a lot…They (ISRO) have taken enough cautions to have a soft landing of Chandrayaan-3 over the Moon's surface," says Senior Scientist… pic.twitter.com/zOJu2rtayk
— ANI (@ANI) August 23, 2023
#WATCH | "India's greatness in science and technology is being demonstrated once again to the whole world…We congratulate our scientists and team India who has flocked under ISRO, to make this impossible feat possible seamlessly. We are proud of our scientists and heritage…":… pic.twitter.com/PF14liSWPx
— ANI (@ANI) August 23, 2023
#WATCH | This is the model of the Chandrayaan-3 lander which will land on the Moon today. During the descent. Landing of the lander is a difficult procedure. ISRO is very well prepared for this mission. All technical difficulties faced in Chandrayaan-2 were addressed in this… pic.twitter.com/PqmE1yhq4B
— ANI (@ANI) August 23, 2023
Chandrayaan-3 lander is scheduled to touchdown on the lunar surface at 1804 hours today
The mission operations team at their command centre await the arrival of the Lander Module (LM) at the designated point, around 17:44 hours IST to give command for descent on the Moon
(Pic… pic.twitter.com/0rw30X0cvx
— ANI (@ANI) August 23, 2023
Process may take 30 minutes, says Isro chief
Padma Shri awardee and former ISRO scientist Mylswamy Annadurai on Chandrayaan-3 mission
#WATCH | On Chandrayaan-3 mission, Padma Shri awardee and former ISRO scientist Mylswamy Annadurai says, "…So far so good & we expect as per plan 'A' today we must be able to land…Like anyone else, I am also largely awaiting. After the discovery of water by Chandrayaan 1 the… pic.twitter.com/oz7LHnuLSz
— ANI (@ANI) August 23, 2023
#WATCH | International Sand Artist Sudarsan Pattnaik creates a miniature sand sculpture at Denver, Colorado in the US, for the successful lunar landing of Chandrayaan-3. pic.twitter.com/Nu4AXshPGm
— ANI (@ANI) August 23, 2023
#WATCH | On Chandrayaan-3 mission, Russian Consul General to South India, Oleg Nikolayevich Avdeev says, "Today Chandhrayaan 3 is expected to land on the surface of the moon. Everyone in India is eagerly waiting for that to happen. Everyone has great expectations & I am also… pic.twitter.com/dUrQG2BLz5
— ANI (@ANI) August 23, 2023
#WATCH | Chandrayaan-3 mission | Former ISRO Chairman G Madhavan Nair says, "…Everybody is anxiously looking forward to this great event. As far as the Indian space program is concerned, it is going to be the most significant milestone for planetary exploration…The last 20… pic.twitter.com/OiBuUrfQOn
— ANI (@ANI) August 23, 2023
#WATCH | On Chandrayaan 3 mission, CEO & chief educator, Rocketeers Research Institute, Divyanshu Poddar says, "It will be a great achievement for us if we successfully land on the moon. We will become the second country to make a soft landing…We have learnt a lot from… pic.twitter.com/XiRWdeQyq1
— ANI (@ANI) August 23, 2023
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