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Cover Story India on the Moon
Due to the hard work and talent of Indian
scientists, the country has reached the south pole
of the moon, where no country in the world has
been able to reach till date. Now the myths and
stories related to the moon have also changed. We went where no one had gone. We
The proverbs have also changed for the new did what no one had done before. This
generation. That is why Prime Minister Narendra is today's India, fearless India, fighting
Modi, along with his countrymen, congratulated
Team Chandrayaan, ISRO, and all the scientists India. This is India, which thinks new,
of the country and said, "In India, we all call thinks in a new way. This is India which
the earth mother and the moon maternal uncle goes to dark zones and illuminates
(Mama). Sometimes it was said that Chanda the world by spreading light. In the
Mama dur ke (Moon is very far away). Now a day 21st century, this India will solve the
will also come when children will say, Chanda biggest problems of the world.
Mama is just a ‘tour’ away.
This achievement of the Chandrayaan mission - NARENDRA MODI, PRIME MINISTER
will take India's flight beyond the Moon's orbit. It
will test the limits of the solar system and work
to realise the infinite possibilities of the universe
for humans. This flight to space is not going
to stop; the new India has set many big and
ambitious goals for the future. Aditya L-1, the Today the whole world
first space-based Indian observatory to study has acknowledged
the sun, was launched on September 2, 2023.
After this, Venus is also one of the goals of ISRO. India's scientific spirit,
The country is also gearing up for its first human our technology and our
space flight mission through Gaganyaan. The scientific temperament.
new India is now constantly proving that not only Chandrayaan Maha
the earth but the entire sky is up for exploration.
The historic success of the Mars Orbiter Mission Abhiyan is a success not
in the orbit of Mars has been achieved in its first only for India but for the
attempt. The mission, which travelled about 65 entire humanity.
crore kilometres, reached Mars on September 24,
2014. Today, India is emerging as the centre of
not only the country but also of the world's space
missions.
'TIRANGA' AND 'SHIVSHAKTI' NOW IN SPACE imprinted, it was proposed that the name of that
There is a scientific tradition of naming the place be decided. Instead of taking a decision in
touchdown point of a space mission. The part of those circumstances, India had vowed to name
the moon on which Chandrayaan landed, India both the points together when Chandrayaan-3
has named that place 'Shivshakti'. Explaining reaches the moon successfully. Referring to
this, Prime Minister Modi said that Shiva this, Prime Minister Modi said, "Today I feel that,
embodies the resolve for the welfare of humanity when every house is a tricolor, when every mind
and 'Shakti' gives us the strength to fulfil those is a tricolor, and there is a tricolor on the moon
resolutions. Also, another name was pending for as well, then apart from 'Tiranga," what else
a long time. Four years ago, when Chandrayaan-2 can be the name given to that place associated
reached near the moon, where its footprints were with Chandrayaan 2? Therefore, the point on the
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