India Embarks on Historic Chandrayaan-3 Mission to Achieve Controlled Moon Landing
Bangalore, India – India, aiming to join the elite group of nations that have successfully executed a controlled landing on the moon, achieved a momentous milestone on Friday with the successful launch of its Chandrayaan-3 mission. The spacecraft, named after the Sanskrit term for “moon vehicle,” took off from the Satish Dhawan Space Center in the southern Andhra Pradesh state, precisely at 2:30 pm local time (5 am ET). Witnessed by an enthralled crowd at the space center and over a million viewers on YouTube, the launch marked a significant leap for the Indian space program.
Confirming the mission’s progress,…