August 23, 2023, will be written down in history as the time when India became the first country in the world to land a spacecraft in uncharted territory near the moon’s lunar south pole and the fourth country after the US, Russia and China to make a soft-landing on the moon with its Chandrayaan-3 mission. Indians across the world were celebrating this significant moment with cheers, claps and smiles and were extremely proud of ISRO and its scientists.
India’s achievements have made us a significant player in the global space community and the foreign media are giving India its due. Various leading international media companies reported about Chandrayaan-3’s landing in such a way that would make any Indian swell with pride. Here’s a look at some of them:
1. “India’s Chandrayaan-3 mission completes historic moon landing” – The Guardian.
2. “‘India is on the moon’: Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft lands on lunar south pole” – The Wall Street Journal.
3. “In latest moon race, India lands first in southern polar region” – The New York Times.
4. “India becomes fourth country to land on the moon, first on the south pole, with Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft” – CNBC.
5. “Indian Chandrayaan-3 moon mission makes history after landing near lunar south polar region” – CBS News.
6. “Chandrayaan-3 makes space history” – Al Jazeera.
7. “Chandrayaan-3: India makes historic landing near moon’s south pole” – BBC.
8. “India makes historic moon landing” – CNN.
Jai Hind!