August 23rd, 2023 is the day when India made history by becoming the first nation to land a mission (robotic spacecraft Chandrayaan-3) near the moon's South Pole.

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Former ISRO Chairman A S Kiran Kumar, who played a significant role in the Chandrayaan-3 mission, said that there are zero prospects for the revival of the moon lander and rover, reported PTI news agency.

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India is in an advantageous position when it comes to studying the Moon, the only satellite our planet has. This is because India has 'boots on ground' in the form of Chandrayaan-3 lander and rover on the surface of the Moon and also has Chandrayaan-2 orbiter revolving around the Moon, taking pictures.

ISRO posts image of Chandrayaan-3 lander clicked by Chandrayaan-2 orbiter

The moon is in the news these days. Just last week, on August 23rd (Wednesday), India made history by becoming the first nation to successfully land a spacecraft on the South Pole of the moon.

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The Indian space agency on Thursday (August 31st) released a new video of Chandrayaan-3's rover 'Pragyan' being rotated on the lunar surface. Pragyan was rotated remotely from the command centre in India's Bengaluru.

Chandrayaan-3 rover Pragyan 'frolicking in the yards of Chandamama'. Watch!

As the Pragyan rover, which is part of India's ambitious lunar mission Chandrayaan-3, concludes its first week on the moon's surface, S Somanath, the head of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), informed reporters that all systems on the spacecraft were working well.

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In Surat city of the Indian state of Gujarat, a man has been apprehended by the police for allegedly faking as a scientist affiliated with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).

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India’s Pragyan rover, which is on the Moon as part of the Chandrayaan-3 mission, encountered a massive 4-metre diametre crater on the lunar surface. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said that the six-wheeled solar-powered rover found the crater about three metres from the edge on August 27 (Sunday) and was later directed to a safer path.

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In India, if you are in the deserts of Rajasthan (north-west) during peak summer, the temperature could well be around 50 degrees Centigrade. Likewise, if you are in Jammu and Kashmir (north) during winters, the temperature could well be minus 10 degrees Centigrade or even colder.

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History created. Chandryaan-3 landed successfully on the moon’s south pole on August 23. The Lander Module (LM) of the Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) third lunar mission Chandrayaan-3, launched on July 14, successfully landed on the Moon on August 23.

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The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has confirmed that its Chandrayaan-3 lunar-landing mission is on track and the soft-landing will happen at 6:04pm IST on Wednesday (August 23).

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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday (August 23) congratulated ISRO scientists for the successful Chandrayaan-3 mission, under which India landed its rover on the south pole of the Moon.

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With just over an hour to go for the lunar landing of India's Chandrayaan-3, various ground stations across the world are already constantly monitoring, tracking and communicating with the craft, thereby keeping it under constant watch.

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