Although official television viewership numbers have not been released, the YouTube link of the channel received an audience of more than 750,822 when the Chandrayaan-3 Vikram lander successfully landed on the Moon.
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.
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) centre, country, and its 1.4 billion people burst out in joy, and happiness as Chandrayaan-3 made a safe and soft landing on the Moon's surface.
The Chandrayaan-3's Vikram lander successfully made a safe and soft landing on the far side of the Moon. With this feat, India has become the first country in the world to land a mission on the Moon's south pole.
National Conference (NC) chief Farooq Abdullah and son Omar said that they are hopeful of India's Moon mission Chandrayaan-3's success.
The lunar south pole is a region of the Moon that has not been extensively explored by previous missions.
Chandrayaan-3 Moon landing Updates: India has become the fourth country to master the technology of soft-landing on the lunar surface after the US, China and the erstwhile Soviet Union.
Sudhanshu Kumar joined ISRO as a scientist in September 2021. Posted in Sriharikota, Sudhanshu is part of Chandrayaan-3 launch vehicle team.
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One day Left! Chandrayan3 soft landing on Moon tomorrow
India’s moon lander is all set to make a landing on the lunar soil on August 23, 2023 evening as the final deboosting operation got over in the wee hours of Sunday, said ISRO.
The Chandrayaan-3, India's third mission to moon, is scheduled for landing on the lunar surface on August 23.
The mission will be the first to land on the Moon's south pole, which is a region that has not been explored as extensively as other parts of the Moon.
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said it successfully reduced the orbit of the Chandrayaan-3 mission's Lander Module (LM), further bringing it nearer to the moon.
Chandrayaan-3's Vikram lander went through a key deboosting manoeuvre on Friday after successfully getting separated from the propulsion module.
August 23 is the D-Day and if Vikram makes a soft landing and Pragyan rover rolls out on the Moon’s surface, it will be a red-letter day in the history of India.
In the latest set of images, the ISRO shared pictures of Earth and Moon captured by Chandrayaan 3
Speaking during the interaction over 'Chandrayaan-3: Bharat’s Pride Space Mission', ISRO chief S Somanath said that the 'Vikram' lander has been designed in such a way that it will be able to handle failures.
Chandrayaan-3, which is India's third Moon mission was successfully launched from Sriharikota on July 14.
Chandrayaan-3: The Indian spacecraft has covered about two-thirds of the distance to the Moon since its launch on July 14.
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