Newsnomics AJAY ANGELINA reporter |
India made the history as a fourth global superpower in space after the US, the former Soviet Union and China on Wednesday.
Chandrayaan-3: India’s spacecraft makes the successful historic soft-landing on the South Pole of the moon at the targeted time of 5:34am PT (6:04pm IST) after a month’s journey started on 14 July 2023.
The moon’s south pole has long been of interest to space agencies and scientists because the region’s shadowed craters are thought to hold greater concentrations of water ice than elsewhere on the lunar surface, so the area could be of critical importance for establishing long-term human settlements on the moon.
“Chandrayaan-3 is a result of the work done by thousands of scientists, engineers, our staff, industries and support teams across ISRO and other places, other institutions,” addresses ISRO chairman S. Somanath after the successful landing.
The whole India is celebrating the historic moment with proud, joy and happiness.
India’s Prime minister Narender Modi mentioned the successful moment, “a joyous occasion” adding “we have reached where no other country could.”
Chandrayaan-3 ‘s major goals is to hunt for water-based ice, which scientists say could support human habitation on the Moon in future.
