IN PICS: Citizens across India celebrate successful soft landing of Chandrayaan-3 on Moon's surface

Citizens across India celebrates the successful soft landing of ISRO's Chandrayaan-3 on the surface of the Moon. ISRO Chairman S Somanath on Wednesday acknowledged the contribution of a generation of leadership and scientists of the country's space agency for the Chandrayaan-3 mission's success, and said the achievement is an "incremental progress" and "a huge one" (Pic/Mid-day Photo Team, PTI)

Updated On: 2023-08-23 08:16 PM IST

Compiled by : Anagha Sawant

People wave the Indian Tricolour during the celebration of the successful soft landing of ISRO's Chandrayaan-3 on the surface of the Moon (Pic/PTI)

People celebrate the successful soft landing of ISRO’s Chandrayaan-3 on the surface of the Moon, in Patna (Pic/PTI)

In Mumbai, Prof MN Vahia explains the Chandrayaan-3 soft landing in detail at the Nehru Science Centre. (Pic/Ashish Raje)

Dr Sonal Jain along with her 7.5-month-old child celebrating the success of ISRO at Nehru Science Center in Worli (Pic/Ashish Raje)

In Mumbai, the Nehru Science Center staff members celebrate the successful soft landing of Chandrayaan-3's lander module on the Moon's south pole (Pic/Ashish Raje)

India on Wednesday scripted history as ISRO's ambitious third Moon mission Chandrayaan-3's Lander Module (LM) touched down on the lunar surface, making it only the fourth country to accomplish the feat, and first to reach the uncharted south pole of Earth's only natural satellite (Pic/Ashish Raje)

A screenshot shows a representation of Chandrayaan-3's successful landing on the Moon’s surface, Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023 (Pic/PTI)

A glimpse of moon sighted from Mumbai during The Chandrayaan-3 soft landing (Pic/Pradeep Dhivar)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who virtually joined from South Africa to witness the culmination of the complex mission, lauded the scientists for their efforts (Pic/PTI)

The LM comprising the lander (Vikram) and the 26 kg rover (Pragyan), made the soft landing near the south polar region of the Moon this evening.

In Pic: School students in Mumbai along with their school projects related to satellite (Pic/Ashish Raje)

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