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India celebrates its first ‘National Space Day’ on August 23 to mark success of Chandrayaan 3’s Moon landing mission

Siddhi Somani - 23 August, 2024

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.

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‘Our neighbour has reached the moon, we are yet to even rise from the ground’: Nawaz Sharif compares India and Pakistan

OpIndia Staff - 21 December, 2023

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

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Current surface temperature on the lunar south pole is 50°C: ISRO releases first set of data sent by Chandrayaan-3 mission

OpIndia Staff - 27 August, 2023

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

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Jawahar Lal Nehru greater than Lord Shiva? Congress’ Rashid Alvi justifies ‘Jawahar point’ on moon while criticising ‘Shiv Shakti’ point

OpIndia Staff - 26 August, 2023

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

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Chandrayaan-3 lands on the Moon: What is so special about the Moon’s South Pole?

Paurush Gupta - 23 August, 2023

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.

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