Chandrayaan-3 success highlights: India names sites on the Moon where its lunar missions landed

Modi hails India's lunar landing. Photograph: (Agencies)

<p>Chandrayaan-3 success: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the morning of August 26 hailed India's science and research-related belligerence and coined the slogan 'Hail Science, Hail Research' (<em>Jai Vigyan, Jai Anusandhan) </em>as he reached Bengaluru in southern India where Indian Space Research Organisation's Telemetry Tracking and Command Network Mission Control is headquartered. </p> <p>Modi announced the names of the sites where the lunar landers of India's lunar missions — both Chandrayaan-2 and Chandrayaan-3 — made an impact on the Moon, the former was a partial success in 2019 due to 'hard landing' of the lunar lander while the latter achieved historic success after landing smoothly on lunar south pole on August 23rd. </p> <p>The Prime Minister watched the live telecast from Johannesburg of the historic touchdown of lander Vikram on the Moon on August 23 from the site of the 15th BRICS Summit.<br /><br /> After a 40-day journey into space, the Chandrayaan-3 lander, 'Vikram', touched down on the uncharted lunar South Pole on Wednesday evening, making India the first country to do so.<br /><br /> The PM started his four-day formal tour on August 21 for South Africa and Greece. In South Africa, PM Modi attended the 15th BRICS Summit in Johannesburg from August 22-24.</p> <p>During his one-day Greece visit, the PM held meetings with Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis and President Katerina N Sakellaropoulou.</p>