Vikram lander successfully lands on Moon; India becomes 4th country to make soft landing on lunar surface

Category : Science and Tech Published on: August 24 2023

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The Lander Module (LM) of the Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) third lunar mission Chandrayaan-3, launched on July 14, made a successfully landed on the Moon’s surface on August 23, making India only the fourth country after the erstwhile USSR, the U.S. and China to make a soft landing on the lunar surface.
India has become the first nation to land near the South Pole, which is the hot new destination since traces of water was found on moon.
For the next 14 days equivalent to one moon day, the Pragyan Rover will send images and data from the surface of the moon.
The moon lander was launched on July 14, perched on a LVM 3 heavy-lift launch vehicle. It was placed in the lunar orbit on August 5.
The lander Vikram is named after Vikram Sarabhai, who is widely regarded as the father of the Indian space programme.