Modi declared that the location where the Chandrayaan-2 lander made an unscheduled landing on the lunar surface in 2019 will now be referred to as the "Tiranga Point."
India took a giant leap on Wednesday evening as the Chandrayaan-3 lander module successfully landed on the moon's South Pole, making it the first country to have achieved the historic feat and bringing to an end the disappointment over the crash landing of the Chandrayaan-2, four years ago.
Speaking at the inauguration of the 26th National Exhibition organized by Central Calcutta Science & Culture Organisation for Youth, Trinamool Congress MP Saugata Roy said it is a proud day for all Indians
Though the details of PM's visit have not been shared, he is likely to visit the Missions Operations Complex at Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC) here to greet the scientists and officials of the space agency.
India's Moon mission Chandrayaan-3 touched down on the lunar south pole at 6.04 pm on Wednesday, making it the first country to land on the uncharted surface.
In a brief address to the nation after the lander touched down on the moon's dark side on Wednesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi alluded to future missions to the Sun and Venus
The lessons learned from the failure of Chandrayaan-2 contributed to the success of India's third lunar mission, former space scientist Nambi Narayanan, said after successful touchdown of the 'Vikram' lander
Former ISRO chairman G Madhavan Nair said the scientists at space agency have achieved this historic success by getting a salary one-fifth of the scientists in the developed world
Congress parliamentary party chief said she was writing to him to let him know how thrilled she was by the ISRO's magnificent achievement on Wednesday evening
India became the first country among the elite group to have its rover on the moon's south pole region, which the Indian Space Research Organisation believes could have traces of water
Chandrayaan-3 mission's Lander Module which touched down on the lunar surface, has rolled out the rover, Pragyan, with ISRO saying "India took a walk on the moon"
