Chandrayaan-3 Lander on the Moon
With the successful landing, India also became the first country to land near Moon’s south pole
Chandrayaan-3 Lander on the Moon
Chandrayaan-3 Lander on the Moon Noida-based tech start-up powers eyes of Chandrayaan’s lunar rover
With the successful landing of the Lander Module of ISRO’s third lunar mission Chandrayaan-3, India has reached the Moon! It has also became the first country to land near the Moon’s south pole.
The Lander Module (LM) of the Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) third lunar mission Chandrayaan-3, launched on July 14, made a successfully landing on the Moon’s surface on August 23, making India only the fourth country after the erstwhile USSR, the U.S. and China to make a soft landing on the lunar surface. Congratulating the team of scientists at ISRO, PM Modi said, “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.”
Precisely at 6.03 p.m. the lander touched the lunar surface and there was euphoric celebrations at the Mission Operations Complex (MOX) at ISRO Telemetry, Tracking, and Command Network (ISTRAC), Bengaluru. Following this, the Lander successfully deployed the Rover which will carry out in-situ chemical analysis of the lunar surface during the course of its mobility. The Lander and the Rover with a mission life of one Lunar day (14 Earth days) have scientific payloads to carry out experiments on the lunar surface.
Pragyan rover rolls out of Chandrayaan-3 lander
Chandrayaan-3 Lander on the Moon
With Vikram, the lander module of Chandrayaan–3, successfully landing on the surface of moon on Wednesday, the focus has now moved to the rover in its belly, Pragyan.
The officials at the Mission Operations Complex (MOX) at ISRO Telemetry, Tracking, and Command Network (ISTRAC) readied to roll out the rover, which will carry out in-situ chemical analysis of the lunar surface during the course of its mobility.
“This is new India; its arms extend from Mars to Moon”: Rajnath Singh
Chandrayaan-3 Lander on the Moon
After Chandrayaan-3 successfully landed on the Moon’s surface, making India the first to land near the Moon’s South Pole, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh congratulated the ISRO team.
“On the successful landing of Chandrayaan-3, I would like to congratulate team ISRO and every Indian. Many congratulations for making the country ‘Chandramauli’. This is new India whose arms extend from Mars to the Moon,” Singh said while talking to ANI.
He further said that ISRO scientists have told the world that ‘Chanda Mama’ is no longer far away from us.
“India has added a golden chapter in the history of space exploration with the landing of Vikram Lander on the south pole of the Moon,” he added.
Noida-based tech start-up powers eyes of Chandrayaan’s lunar rover
Chandrayaan-3 Lander on the Moon
With the Pragyaan rover poised to navigate the moon, its eyes to traverse the crater-filled lunar surface are powered by a software developed by a Noida-based tech start-up.
Omnipresent Robot Technologies, which has been working closely with ISRO for the Chandrayaan series of lunar missions, has developed Perception Navigation Software for the Pragyaan rover that is housed in the Vikram landing module that touched down on the moon Wednesday evening.
“We are very excited and look forward to seeing the Pragyaan rover navigating the lunar surface using our software,” Aakash Sinha, Chief Executive Officer of Omnipresent Robot Technologies, told PTI here.
Sinha, who is also a professor at Shiv Nadar University, said the software developed by his start-up will capture images of the moon using the two cameras of the lunar rover and stitch them together to generate a 3-D map of the lunar landscape.
Families of ISRO scientists from Assam ‘over the moon’ on Chandrayaan-3 success
Chandrayaan-3 Lander on the Moon
The families of two ISRO scientists from Assam were ‘over the moon’ over the successful soft-landing of Chandrayaan-3 rover on the lunar surface.
The anxious family members of scientists Nidhi Sharma and Chayan Dutta of Tinsukia and Lakhimpur towns respectively cried tears of joy as the touchdown happened.
Both Sharma and Dutta were members of Chandrayaan 2 and 3 missions and were involved in the Landing Control Centre of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) at Sriharikota.
‘’Baba, we did it’‘ were the first words from Nidhi Sharma when she called up her father-in-law Deepak Dev and spoke to him for less than a minute.
‘’We were very tense and apprehensive as Chandrayaan-2 had failed in the last few seconds. She had called us then and expressed her disappointment. With the success of Chandrayaan-3, we are literally feeling ‘over the moon’ and I have no words to express our joy,” Dev told PTI.
Envoys of Israel, UK, France, Germany, Australia congratulate India on historic achievement
Chandrayaan-3 Lander on the Moon
As India scripted history on Wednesday, with the Chandryaan-3 successfully performing a soft landing on the moon, the envoys of Israel, United Kingdom, France, Germany and Australia heaped congratulatory wishes.
Israeli envoy, Naor Gilon congratulated India and ISRO for the achievement and said that it has made everyone “moonstruck”. “Heartiest congratulations to @isro and #India on the incredible success of #Chandrayaan3, becoming the first country to land on the Moon’s south pole! Your dedication to space exploration makes us all moonstruck,” Gilon said on X (formerly Twitter).
Chandrayaan-3 Lander on the Moon
British High Commissioner Alex Ellis also congratulated India and said ‘Bhadhi Ho’.“A big moment for India for the world and…” Ellis wrote on X. “Badhai Ho”“Touchdown! Congratulations to India 🇮🇳 and@isroon making history with the successful #Chandrayaan3 mission – a giant step forward for the whole world,” the British High Commission said on X.
The French Embassy also congratulated the people of India calling it “soft landing in the history books”. “Soft landing in the history books Congratulations @isro & the people of India on the #Chandrayaan3 success! Through this landmark feat born of ingenuity and perseverance, India benefits all humankind’s space exploration endeavors,” the French Embassy stated on X.
German envoy to India, Philipp Ackermann also congratulated India calling it a “historic day”. “My heartfelt congratulations to India and Team @ISRO for the successful moon landing of #Chandrayaan3.What a historic day, not only for India, but also for the whole world!” Ackermann said on X.
Australian High Commissioner to India, Philip Green also congratulated India and that his whole team was watching the moment live. “What a triumph! Congratulations #India on #Chandrayaan3’s successful #MoonLanding! Our team watched with pride the final frontier of your #MoonMission,” Green wrote on X.
Russian President Putin congratulates India
Chandrayaan-3 Lander on the Moon
Congratulating India on the successful landing of Chandrayaan-3 Lander, Russian President Vladimir Putin, in a message to President Murmu, said: “Please, accept my heartfelt congratulations on the occasion of the successful landing of the Indian space station Chandrayaan-3 on the Moon near its South Pole.
This is a big step forward in space exploration and certainly a testament to the impressive progress made by India in the area of science and technology.
Kindly convey my sincere congratulations and best wishes for new achievements to the leadership and staff of the Indian Space Research Organization”
Meanwhile, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov congratulated Minister of External Affairs S. Jaishankar when he met him on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit
“Result of tremendous hard work by scientific community:” Rahul Gandhi congratulates ISRO on Chandrayaan-3 landing on Moon
Chandrayaan-3 Lander on the Moon
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday congratulated the teams of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) for the successful landing of the Chandrayaan-3 lander module on the moon’s South Pole, and said that it is the result of decades of tremendous ingenuity and hard work by the scientific community.
“Congratulations to Team ISRO for today’s pioneering feat. Chandrayaan 3’s soft landing on the uncharted lunar South Pole is the result of decades of tremendous ingenuity and hard work by our scientific community. Since 1962, India’s space program has continued to scale new heights and inspire generations of young dreamers,” Rahul Gandhi said in a post on X (formerly Twitter).
Chandrayaan-3 Lander on the Moon
