Chandrayaan-3 Live: Schools, universities gear up to watch moon landing

NEW DELHI: Schools and universities across the country are holding streaming sessions of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)’s live telecast of Chandrayaan-3, which aims to be the first module to soft-land on the south pole of the moon.

Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath announced that all schools in the state will be showing Chandrayaan-3 live streaming. The Uttar Pradesh government has directed all District Institute for Education and Training (DIET) officers to make necessary arrangements for showing ISRO Chandrayaan-3 live landing on the moon.

चंद्रयान-3 की चंद्रमा पर सॉफ्ट लैंडिंग को हरियाणा के स्कूलों के विद्यार्थी लाइव देखेंगे। सभी जिला शिक्षा अधिकारियों को बुधवार शाम को 5 से 6 बजे तक स्कूल खोलने के निर्देश दिए हैं। pic.twitter.com/KvK5wzefvW

— Ch. Kanwar Pal (@chkanwarpal) August 23, 2023

Haryana minister of school education Kanwar Pal said that all education officers of the state have been directed to open schools between 5 pm to 6 pm for telecasting Chandrayaan-3 live streaming. Madhya Pradesh government also announced that schools will be open from 5 pm to 6pm today for the live telecast of Chandrayaan-3.

Assam school education department has ordered special assemblies to be held for Chandrayaan-3 live streaming.

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The launch date of Chandrayaan-3 was July 14 (Image: ISRO)

ISRO Chandrayaan-3 Landing

The University Grants Commission (UGC) has asked the colleges and universities to organise ‘special assemblies’ between 5:30 pm and 6:30 pm today, August 23 and encourage the students and faculty to watch the live streaming of Chandrayaan-3. The central government has ordered all higher education institutions including the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) to live telecast the landing of Chandrayaan-3

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ISRO’s moon mission Chandrayaan-3 Lander Module is all set to land on the lunar surface today. Chandrayaan-3 is the third lunar exploration mission under the Chandrayaan programme of ISRO. If the Chandrayaan-3 mission succeeds in landing a robotic lunar rover, India will become the fourth country to master the technology of soft-landing on the lunar surface after the US, China and the erstwhile Soviet Union.

The launch date of Chandrayaan-3 was July 14. Live telecast of Chandrayaan-3 soft landing will be available on ISRO’s youtube page as well as on DD national live. ISRO Chandrayaan-3 live link will be activated from 5:20 pm. Chandrayaan-3 landing time is expected to be around 6:04 pm today.

Delighted to see the sincere interest and enthusiasm of the Delhi Govt. school kids as they await for Chandrayaan-3 landing. Heartfelt wishes from these young minds add to the excitement of the evening. Our scientists are making us immensely proud. Jai Hind ?? ? pic.twitter.com/GDVNsjKbd3

— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) August 23, 2023