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Cover Story India on the Moon
ISRO STUDY MISSIONS
n Mars Orbiter Mission: India's first mission to orbit
Mars and study its atmosphere was launched on 5
November 2013 and made rendezvous with Mars in
2014.
n Astrosat: India's first multi-wavelength astronomy
satellite was launched in the year 2015.
n Chandrayaan-2: Launched on July 22, 2019, the orbiter
payloads are providing useful scientific data.
n Chandrayaan-3: Launched on August 23, 2023.
FIRST ON THE SOUTH POLE OF THE MOON
n Chandrayaan-3 created history with a spectacular
touchdown, India became the first country to land on
the south pole of the Moon.
n India became the fourth country to land on the
This day is an example of how we
surface of the Moon, before this only three countries
can learn from our defeat and Russia, America and China have been able to land on
achieve victory. For us, technology the surface of the Moon.
is a medium to empower the people n The United States safely landed its last spacecraft in
of the country. For us, technology is 1972, while Russia, or the then Soviet Union, last landed
a spacecraft on the Moon in 1976. Whereas China has
the main basis of making the country
landed on the Moon thrice between 2013 and 2020.
self-reliant.
n Before India, on August 21, Russia was going to land
Luna-25 on the south pole of the Moon. This last one
-NARENDRA MODI, PRIME MINISTER deviated from the path while changing orbit and
crashed on the lunar surface.
that India's space industry will grow from $8 It is working to make doing business in the
billion to $16 billion in the next few years. The space sector easier. The decisions that India
central government is also constantly enacting makes today, as well as the policy reforms that
revolutionary reforms in the space sector, it implements in the future, will have an impact
recognising their gravity. Young people are on future generations and the next 25 years. The
also interested in it. This is why, in the last tendency to rule space in the twentieth century
four years, the number of space-related start- divided the world's countries. However, in the
ups has increased from four to around 150. 21st century, India is ready to ensure that space
It demonstrates the infinite possibilities that continues to play an important role in connecting
await India in the infinite sky. It is also required the world.
because infinite possibilities cannot be realised IN SPACE, INDIA EMERGING AS A GLOBAL
with limited resources. India has approved the GAME CHANGER.
new Indian Space Policy, which will promote The souls of dynamic India are the application of
collaboration among government agencies, science to nature and the fusion of technology
the space industry, startups, and institutions. and spirituality. India of today is innovating,
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