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"India is on the Moon", ISRO Chief after Chandrayaan-3 lander module successfully touches down on lunar surface

As the Chandrayaan-3 lander module successfully landed on the moon’s South Pole, making India, the first country to have achieved the historic feat, ISRO chief S Somanath on Wednesday congratulated the people of the country on the success of the Chandrayaan-3 mission and said, "Indian is on the moon". Read…

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We have witnessed new flight of new India: PM Modi on successful landing of Chandrayaan-3

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Chandrayaan-3’s Lander Module’s successful landing sounds the bugle for a developed India

The Hindu

Chandrayaan-3: India lands on moon, creates history

It was a giant leap for India on Wednesday evening as the Chandrayaan-3 lander module successfully landed on the moon’s South Pole, making it the first country to have achieved the historic feat and bringing to an end the disappointment over the crash landing of the Chandrayaan-2, four years ago.…

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Chandrayaan-3 | India lights up the dark side of the moon

Precisely at 6.03 pm, Chandrayaan-3’s lander touched the lunar surface and there was euphoric celebrations

The Hindu

Chandrayaan-3: Indian moon spacecraft successfully achieves historic and unprecedented lunar landing

India becomes fourth country overall to soft land a probe on the moon

The Independent UK

Watch: India’s Chandrayaan-3 attempts historic moon landing

Watch again as India's Chandrayaan-3 attempted to land on the moon on Wednesday, 23 August.

The Independent UK

Chandrayaan-3: What to expect from India’s mission to Moon’s south pole

Successful mission would make India only fourth country after US, Russia, and China to have landed a rover on Moon

The Independent UK

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Did NASA Just Enter A New Space Race? A Space Policy Expert Says It Would Be a Mistake

Space policy expert Ian Christensen says the U.S. is gearing up for a new “space race,” what exactly is at stake, and how it’s likely to play out.

Inverse

Chandrayaan-3 live: Indian space agency set to initiate historic Moon mission’s landing sequence

No other country has successfully landed on the Moon’s uncharted south pole

The Independent UK

With few hours left for Chandrayaan-3 landing – what has unfolded so far

The scheduled timing for the soft landing of Chandrayaan-3 on the moon’s south pole on August 23, 2023 (Today), is around 18:04 IST, with the powered descent of Vikram lander expected at 1745 IST. Read furether o0n Dynamite News:

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Chandrayaan-3 | Centre asks universities to organise special assemblies to watch Moon landing

The University Grants Commission (UGC) has also issued a similar directive asking the institutions to hold special assemblies and live stream moments of Chandrayaan-3.

The Hindu

Chandrayaan-3 | Not just sons of Tamil Nadu but State’s soil itself contributed to Moon mission

Tamil Nadu's soil has enabled ISRO to test and refine the ability of the lander module to soft land on the Moon for Chandrayaan-3 mission. Namakkal district has supplied 50 tonnes of soil to ISRO since 2012, similar to the lunar surface. Periyar University's Professor Anbazhagan said the soil was…

The Hindu

Russia has declared a new space race, hoping to join forces with China. Here's why that's unlikely

This week, the Russian space agency Roscosmos had hoped to return to the Moon after an absence of nearly 50 years. Instead, on Saturday it lost control of its Luna-25 lander. The agency explained the spacecraft “switched to an off-design orbit and ceased to exist as a result of a…

The Conversation

India becomes first nation to land spacecraft on Moon’s south pole

India on Wednesday made history when its Chandrayaan-3 lander successfully touched down on the Moon's south pole, thought to be a potential source for water and oxygen, days after Russia's mission failed.

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Artemis 3 rocket hardware arrives in Florida for crewed moon mission

The upper stage of NASA's Artemis 3 moon rocket arrived at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, in Florida ahead of a planned 2025 launch.

The Hindu

ISRO may postpone soft landing on Moon to August 27 based on health of lander module: Official

ISRO may postpone Chandrayaan-3 landing on Moon to August 27 if health parameters of lander module are abnormal. Scientists focus on reducing speed of spacecraft above lunar surface

The Hindu

Chandrayaan-3 lander all set for touch down at 6.04 p.m. on August 23

On August 22, ISRO posted on social media platform X: “The mission is on schedule. Systems are undergoing regular checks. Smooth sailing is continuing. The Mission Operations Complex (MOX) is buzzed with energy & excitement!”

Inverse

Russia's First Moon Mission Since 1976 Just Crashed in a Major Setback

Luna-25 was to mark a return to the Moon 47 years after Russia's last lander. Instead, it ends up a pile of debris on the Moon's surface.

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The Conversation

Chandrayaan-3: India hopes to land a rover on the Moon for the first time

On Wednesday August 23, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) mission Chandrayaan-3 will deploy its lander and rover to the surface of the Moon.

The Independent UK

Luna-25 crash: Russian scientist who worked on Putin’s failed moon mission rushed to hospital

‘This was perhaps the last hope for me to see a revival of our lunar programme’

The Hindu

Watch | Data Point: How tough is it to land Chandrayaan-3’s Vikram lander on the moon?

A video on how successful past moon missions have been

The Hindu

Chandrayaan-3 | ISRO releases images of the far side area of the moon

ISRO releases images of Lunar far side area captured by LHDAC onboard Chandrayaan-3 Lander. Russia's Luna-25 mission also sent images of the dark side of the Moon. ISRO has released 3 videos of the Moon taken by Chandrayaan-3, incl. LPDC, LI Camera-1 & during Lunar Orbit Insertion.

The Hindu

Chandrayaan-3 | How NASA, ESA will support ISRO during the Moon landing on August 23

NASA and the European Space Agency have been supporting ISRO to monitor the Chandrayaan-3’s health since its launch on July 14, 2023

The Hindu

Congress announces reconstituted Working Committee; Shashi Tharoor, Sachin Pilot new additions

The Hindu Evening Wrap on August 20, 2023

Radio France Internationale

Russia's first lunar mission in 47 years smashes into the moon in failure

Russia's first moon mission in 47 years failed when its Luna-25 space craft spun out of control and crashed into the moon after a problem preparing for pre-landing orbit, underscoring the post-Soviet decline of a once mighty space programme.

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