The National Space Day is celebrated in India on 23 August
The National Space Day is celebrated in India on 23 August to commemorate the successful soft landing of which mission?
भारत में राष्ट्रीय अंतरिक्ष दिवस 23 अगस्त को किस मिशन की सफल सॉफ्ट लैंडिंग के उपलक्ष्य में मनाया जाता है?
Detailed Solution & Logic
Chandrayaan-3 / चंद्रयान-3
📘 Explanation / व्याख्या:
National Space Day is celebrated in India on 23 August to honor the successful soft landing of Chandrayaan-3 on the Moon in 2023.
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Chandrayaan-3, launched by ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation), aimed to demonstrate India’s capability to perform a soft landing on the lunar surface.
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The mission successfully landed the Vikram lander and Pragyan rover near the Moon’s south pole.
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India became the fourth country in the world to achieve a successful soft lunar landing and the first to reach the Moon’s south pole region.
राष्ट्रीय अंतरिक्ष दिवस भारत में 23 अगस्त को मनाया जाता है, यह चंद्रयान-3 की चंद्रमा पर सफल सॉफ्ट लैंडिंग की उपलब्धि को याद करने के लिए है।
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चंद्रयान-3, जिसे इसरो (ISRO) ने लॉन्च किया था, का उद्देश्य भारत की चंद्रमा पर सॉफ्ट लैंडिंग क्षमता दिखाना था।
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इस मिशन ने विक्रम लैंडर और प्रज्ञान रोवर को चंद्रमा के दक्षिणी ध्रुव के पास सफलतापूर्वक उतारा।
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भारत दुनिया का चौथा देश बना जिसने चंद्रमा पर सॉफ्ट लैंडिंग की, और पहला देश जो चंद्रमा के दक्षिणी ध्रुव क्षेत्र में उतरा।
🌟 Extra Facts / अतिरिक्त तथ्य:
1️⃣ Chandrayaan-3 Mission Details
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Launch Date: 14 July 2023
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Lander: Vikram
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Rover: Pragyan
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Orbit: Lunar polar orbit, targeting south pole region
2️⃣ Significance of the South Pole
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Contains permanent shadow regions with water ice
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Important for future lunar exploration and potential human missions
3️⃣ ISRO Achievements
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Chandrayaan-1 (2008): First Indian Moon mission, discovered water on Moon
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Chandrayaan-2 (2019): Orbiter success; lander crashed
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Chandrayaan-3 (2023): Soft landing achieved, making India a major space power
4️⃣ Memorization Tip 🧠
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23 August = National Space Day → Chandrayaan-3 successful Moon landing
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Think: “Chandrayaan-3 = South Pole + India’s soft landing success”
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