Chandrayaan-3 Vikram Lander makes historic touchdown on moon's surface

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has lodged its name in history with its successful landing on the surface of the moon with the Chandrayaan-3 mission on Thursday (August 23). The Vikram lander has made a touchdown at the lunar surface. 

The Chandrayaan-3 was launched on July 14 and after a month of manoeuvre, the lander has finally reached its destination and made a historic landing on the moon's surface. 

Chandrayaan-3 was the third moon mission launched by India with Chandrayaan-1 launched in 2009 and Chandrayaan-2 launched on July 22, 2019. The Vikram Lnader of the Chandrayaan-3 has landed on the permanently dark side of the moon. It is for the first time that any country has achieved the feat. 

Chandrayaan-3 Mission:
'India,
I reached my destination
and you too!'
: Chandrayaan-3

Chandrayaan-3 has successfully
soft-landed on the moon !.

Congratulations, India!#Chandrayaan_3#Ch3

— ISRO (@isro) August 23, 2023

The Chandrayaan-3 was launched with the aim of exploring the presence of possible water in the form of ice at the South pole of the moon. In India's mission to the lunar landing, America's NASA and Europe's ESA have supported ISRO for communication, navigation and monitoring purposes. 

Read: ISRO Chandrayaan-3 Moon Landing Live: More AI and improved sensors are used in Chandrayan -3 as compared to Chandrayan-2