ISRO (India): The Lander Module (LM) of Chandrayaan-3 created history by landing on the lunar surface on Wednesday evening. With the landing, India became the first country in the world to reach the South Pole of the Moon.
The lander module carrying the lander (Vikram) and the rover (Pragyan) made a soft landing on the south-polar region of the Moon at 6:04 p.m. Prayers started happening in the country for the success of the mission. There was tremendous enthusiasm among the people after the successful landing.
The Space Network Canberra associated with NASA has congratulated India on this success. It was written by tweeting on his behalf that ‘Amazing Job ISRO’.
Historic day for India's space sector. Congratulations to @isro for the remarkable success of Chandrayaan-3 lunar mission. https://t.co/F1UrgJklfp
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) August 23, 2023
Lander Vikram’s soft landing has been successful, The six-wheeled rover Pragyan will come out of the ramp after receiving the command from ISRO and will run on the lunar surface. It will walk in an area of up to 500 meters and tell ISRO about the water and atmosphere there.