The Indian Government has notified August 23, the day Chandrayaan-3 made a soft landing on the moon, as National Space Day.
“…the Government of India has declared the 23rd Day of August of every year as the ‘National Space Day to commemorate this historic moment,” said a notification issued by the Department of Space dated October 13.
The notification further added that August 23 marked an important milestone in the country’s advancements in Space Missions, which inspired younger generations towards enhanced interest in pursuing STEM and provided a major impetus to the Space sector.
Noteworthy, India has become the fourth nation in the world to land a spacecraft on the moon and the first to land near the south pole of the lunar surface.
The Vikram lander had also deployed the Pragyan rover on the moon to study the lunar surface.
