After making the successful landing, Vikran Lander sent the first image from the Moon on Wednesday evening. According to the information, the Rover Pragyan is still to come out from the Lander Module. Taking to X (formerly known as Twitter), ISRO informed that the communication link has been established between the Chandrayaan-3 Lander and Mission Operations Complex MOX-ISTRAC, Bengaluru. The Indian space agency also shared the images from the Lander Horizontal Velocity Camera taken during the descent.
India scripts history
In a giant leap for its space programme, India's Moon mission Chandrayaan-3 touched down on the lunar south pole at 6.04 pm on Wednesday. With this touchdown on the Moon to script history after a flawless 41-day voyage and less than a week after a Russian lander headed to the lunar south pole crashed, India has become the fourth country to master the technology of soft-landing on the Moon after the US, China and the erstwhile Soviet Union.
PM Modi calls ISRO chief
Minutes after the successful landing of Chandrayaan-3, Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated ISRO Chairman S Somanath on the success of the Chandrayaan-3 mission and said he would soon visit them in Bengaluru to greet the entire team in person.
"Somanath ji, your name Somanath too is linked to the Moon. Your family members too would be elated. Hearty congratulations to you and your team," the prime minister said in a phone call from Johannesburg, where he is attending the BRICS summit," the Prime Minister added. Hailing the ISRO's Mission Moon, Prime Minister Modi also said that Chandrayaan-3's triumph mirrors the aspirations and capabilities of 140 crore Indians. "To new horizons and beyond! Proud moment for India," he wrote on 'X'
Chandrayaan-3 mission launched on July 14
It should be mentioned here that Chandrayaan-2 had failed in its lunar phase when its lander 'Vikram' crashed into the surface of the Moon minutes before the touch-down following anomalies in the braking system in the lander while attempting a landing on September 7, 2019. The Rs 600 crore Chandrayaan-3 mission was launched on July 14 onboard Launch Vehicle Mark-III (LVM-3) rocket, for a 41-day voyage to reach near the lunar south pole.
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