Moon mission

PM Modi wished everyone on the occasion of the first 'National Space Day' lauding the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) for making the country proud. "Our Government has taken a series of futuristic decisions relating to this sector and we will do even more in the times to come," PM Modi said.

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif praised India for the economic progress, successful moon mission and G20 summit.

ISRO releases first set of data regarding the Moon’s thermophysical properties taken by Vikram lander of the Chandrayaan-3 mission

Congress senior leader Rashid Alvi criticised PM Modi's decision to rename the landing spot of Chandrayaan-3, disregarding the fact that his party had also named Chandrayaan-1 landing site after Nehru

The many reasons why countries are running for lunar south pole landing include chances of presence of water, better astronomical site to understand radio waves and potential presence of volatiles among others.

Roscosmos stated that Luna-25 moved into an unpredictable orbit and ceased to exist as a result of a collision with the surface of the Moon.