Aaj TV English News - World https://english.aaj.tv/ Aaj TV English en-Us Copyright 2026 Sun, 05 Apr 2026 03:38:10 +0500 Sun, 05 Apr 2026 03:38:10 +0500 60 Indian spacecraft Chandrayaan-3 lands on moon https://english.aaj.tv/news/30331418/indian-spacecraft-chandrayaan-3-lands-on-moon <p><strong>The Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft successfully landed on the moon on Wednesday, a mission seen as crucial to lunar exploration and the country’s standing as a space power.</strong></p> <p>ISRO confirmed the landing in a post of X, formerly known as Twitter.</p> <p> <figure class='media w-full w-full media--stretch media--embed media--uneven'> <div class='media__item media__item--twitter '><span> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"> <a href="https://twitter.com/isro/status/1694327198394863911?s=20"></a> </blockquote> </span></div> </figure></p> <p>“Chandrayaan-3 has successfully soft-landed on the moon,” it wrote.</p> <p>India’s mission - Chandrayaan means “moon vehicle” in Hindi and Sanskrit - is its second attempt to land there. In 2019, ISRO’s Chandrayaan-2 mission successfully deployed an orbiter but its lander crashed.</p> <p>The Chandrayaan-3 is expected to remain functional for two weeks, running a series of experiments including a spectrometer analysis of the mineral composition of the lunar surface.</p> <p>India is now among the few nations that have successfully made a soft landing on the moon. Russia, China, and the United States were the only three countries to have achieved the milestone.</p> <p>More to follow…</p> The Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft successfully landed on the moon on Wednesday, a mission seen as crucial to lunar exploration and the country’s standing as a space power.

ISRO confirmed the landing in a post of X, formerly known as Twitter.

“Chandrayaan-3 has successfully soft-landed on the moon,” it wrote.

India’s mission - Chandrayaan means “moon vehicle” in Hindi and Sanskrit - is its second attempt to land there. In 2019, ISRO’s Chandrayaan-2 mission successfully deployed an orbiter but its lander crashed.

The Chandrayaan-3 is expected to remain functional for two weeks, running a series of experiments including a spectrometer analysis of the mineral composition of the lunar surface.

India is now among the few nations that have successfully made a soft landing on the moon. Russia, China, and the United States were the only three countries to have achieved the milestone.

More to follow…

]]> World https://english.aaj.tv/news/30331418 Wed, 23 Aug 2023 17:58:33 +0500 none@none.com (Web Desk) Screengrab via YouTube/ISRO Official