Chandrayaan 3 Landing: With the successful landing of Chandrayaan 3 on moon India becomes the first country in the world with a mark on the South pole of the moon. Shortly after 6 pm, with the lander touching the surface of the moon India scripted history by joining an elite group of three nations — the US, erstwhile Soviet Union, and China — to have successfully sent a spacecraft on the Moon.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi who watched the telecast live from South Africa
lauded India’s successful lunar mission and said India is now on the moon and now is the time to walk on the ‘Chandra Path. The Prime Minister who is attending the BRICS summit in South Africa said the country is now on the Moon and that the success belongs to all humanity.
Calling the Chandrayaan-3’s landing on the moon a historic moment, PM Modi, while addressing ISRO scientists virtually from Johannesburg, said the event sounds the bugle for a developed India.
While noting that India became the first nation to reach the south pole of the Moon, PM Modi called it “ a moment to cherish forever,” and also added that, “I may be in South Africa but my heart has always been with the Chandrayaan mission.”
“India’s successful moon mission is not India’s alone…Our approach of one earth, one family, one future is resonating across the globe…Moon mission is based on the same human centric approach. So, this success belongs to all of humanity,” said Modi , who is in the South African city to attend the five-nation BRICS Summit.
