India is the 4th country to make a landing on moon and first to do so at the south pole.
Launched on July 14, this Chandrayaan-3 mission made a 41-day journey to approach the lunar south pole. Central to the mission's execution was a meticulously designed lander paired with a six-wheeled rover, collectively weighing 1,752 kg.
These advanced components were engineered to function optimally during a single lunar daylight period, which spans around 14 Earth days.
The Chandrayaan 3 successfully landed at the optimal spot on the south pole of the Moon at 6.04 PM IST and made India the fourth country after the United States, the Soviet Union, and China to make a soft landing on the lunar surface.
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The ISRO received congratulations from not only India but from everywhere around the world and one of them was Sunil Gavaskar, the legendary India captain.
Gavaskar posted a video on Instagram, saying that he was very proud of ISRO for achieving this feat.
He said: “What a wonderful achievement. We are all so, so proud of ISRO and all the scientists, everybody who was behind this amazing, amazing feat. This is one of the proudest days of all our lives, my life.
All of us who are so fortunate to be able to witness history being made, history being made. Absolutely fantastic. Many, many congratulations to ISRO, to India, to all Indians all over the world. This is absolutely fantastic.
And I do hope that this feat inspires our sports persons in the coming months to reach for the moon and conquer it. All the best.Well done. God bless.”