After a 40-day journey starting from the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota Andhra Pradesh, the Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) Chandrayaan-3 mission has landed successfully on Moon.
The Vikram lander made a soft lunar landing at 6.04 PM IST on August 23.
ISRO started the automatic landing sequence at 5.44 PM IST.
ISRO said the Vikram lander is now using its onboard computers and logic to try to make a soft landing on the Moon.
The space agency also informed while mission controllers at ISTRAC will monitor it closely, the onboard systems of the lander will be doing all the heavy lifting.
The Chandrayaan-3 mission is the follow-up to the Chandrayaan-2 mission of 2019, when the Vikram lander crashed into the lunar surface.
The primary objective of the mission is simple—showcase the space agency’s capability to complete a soft-landing on the Moon.
With the mission, India has joined a small and exclusive club of countries that have managed to soft land on the Moon after US, Russia and China.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi while lauding the efforts of the ISRO scientists said: “This is historic movement and sounds the bugle for a developed India”.
He added: "When we see such historic moments it makes us very proud. This is the dawn of new India."
ISRO chief S Somanath was also elated about the historic achievement.
"India is on the Moon": ISRO chief S Somanath said as Chandrayaan 3 lander module Vikram made safe and soft landing on the Moon.
