History made: Chandrayaan-3 successfully soft-landed on south pole of moon

NEW DELHI: A historic moment for India, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has successfully landed Chandrayaan on the south pole of the moon, Earth’s natural satellite. On this occasion, Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated the country on the historic moment of Chandrayaan-3's landing on the moon.

“This sounds the bugle for a developed India”, said the prime minister, who joined through video conference the scientists at ISRO to witness the soft landing of Chandrayaan-3.

"We are witness to the new flight of new India. New history has been written," he said. Modi, who is on an official visit to South Africa to attend the BRICS Summit, joined the scientists gathered at ISRO's Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC) near here.

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“Chandrayaan-3 Mission: 'India, I reached my destination and you too!': Chandrayaan-3 Chandrayaan-3 has successfully soft-landed on the moon ?!. Congratulations, India,” ISRO tweeted minutes after the landing.

“Officials of UGC in all three offices have celebrated the landing of Chandrayaan-3, and the event was live streamed on UGC media platforms,” the UGC chairman M Jagadesh Kumar said. The commission had also requested all higher education institutions in the country to livestream the event to facilitate student viewing.

M Jagadesh Kumar, chairman of the University Grants Commission said: " Chandrayaan-3 serves as a moving reminder; a deeply touching tribute to our scientific capabilities and visionary action. The education community and UGC pay humble salutations to ISRO."