Recently, Chandrayaan-3, India’s lunar mission, earns the prestigious World Space Award from the International Astronautical Federation for its historic achievement of landing near the lunar South Pole.

• The mission has inspired global recognition and bolstered India’s standing in space research and technology development.

ABOUT CHANDRAYAAN-3

• Chandrayaan-3 is a follow-on mission to Chandrayaan-2 to demonstrate end-to-end capability in safe landing and roving on the lunar surface.
• The Lander Module consists of a Lander (Vikram) and a Rover (Pragyan).
• Launched: July 14, 2023
• Inserted into Lunar Orbit: August 05
• Soft landing on August 23
• The Chandrayaan-3 Mission consists of two modules – The propulsion module (PM) and the Lander module (LM).
• The total mass of both the modules is 3900 kg (Propulsion Module-2148 kg, and Lander Module-1752 kg, including Rover-26 kg).