India celebrates First-Ever National Space Day
Author: Amit Chaturvedi
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23 Aug 2024
India is observing its first-ever National Space Day today with the theme 'Touching Lives While Touching The Moon: India's Space Saga'
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National Space Day Theme
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had declared August 23 as National Space Day in recognition of the soft landing of Chandrayaan-3 on Moon
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Moment to celebrate
The milestone was achieved on August 23, 2023, making India the fourth country to land on Moon and first to land near its South Pole
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Historic milestone
PM Modi and many of his ministerial colleagues took greeted the nation on the occasion and congratulated India's space scientists
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Congratulations!
Chandrayaan-3, with lunar lander module Vikram and rover Pragyan, was launched from the ISRO's Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Andhra Pradesh
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The journey
The rover onboard carried out experiments on the lunar surface for two weeks after which it was "set into sleep mode"
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2-Week life
Pragyan travelled over 100 metres, confirming the presence of sulphur, iron, oxygen and other elements on the Moon, as per ISRO
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What rover found on Moon
India is expected to send an Indian to Space by the second half of 2025 and also land the first Indian on the Moon by 2040
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India's next missions
After Chandrayaan-3, India is hoping for similar success of a probe launched to study the Sun
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To Sun And beyond
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