Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Saturday said India has reached the moon but it is painful to see that there are a few people who cannot digest the country's progress.
In an update on 'X,' ISRO stated that upon receiving the command, the Vikram lander successfully fired its engines, lifting itself by approximately 40 cm as anticipated, and safely landed at a distance of 30 to 40 cm away.
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.
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
India made history on Wednesday as its Moon mission Chandrayaan-3 became the first to land in the uncharted south pole of the Earth's only natural satellite
The lander has the capability to soft land at a specified lunar site and deploy the rover that will carry out in-situ chemical analysis of the Moon's surface during the course of its movements.
Just a few hours ago, the Chandrayaan-3's lander 'Vikram' successfully detached from the spacecraft. The lander and rover, Pragyaan, are now expected to land on the Moon on August 23.