The Russian House in Dhaka in cooperation with the Bangladesh Astronomical Association organized the 90th birth anniversary of Yuri Gagarin, the first cosmonaut. Under the initiative of the Russian House in Dhaka various arrangements were made for this event, including a rocket and aircraft model making workshop for kids; a magic show and a film show "Russia's History in Space".  The Director of the Russian House in Dhaka spoke about the life of Yuri Gagarin and his historic space mission. He congratulated and thanked the Bangladesh Astronomical Association and all the participants in the event. The President Mr. Zikrul Hasan and Chairman Mr. Moshurl Amin of the Bangladesh Astronomical Association thanked the Director of Russian House in Dhaka for organizing this event and expressed their involvement in future such events. At the end of the event the Director of Russian House in Dhaka, Mr. Pavel Dvoychenkov, handover the certificates among the participants.

The spacecraft Shenzhou-17, or "Divine Vessel", lifted off at 11:13 a.m. local time (0313 UTC/GMT) from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre, on the edges of China's Gobi Desert. The crew is the youngest ever to depart for the orbiting Tiangong space station as part of a China's program to send its taikonauts to the lunar surface. The six-month mission is headed by Tang Hongbo, 48, a former air force pilot. He was on the first crewed mission to the space station in 2021. Accompanying him were first-time space travelers Tang Shengjie, 33, and Jiang Xinlin, 35.

A Russian spacecraft successfully docked with theRussian spacecraft on Friday after launching from Kazakhstan's Baikonur Cosmodrome. On board the Soyuz MS-24 were two Russian cosmonauts and a US astronaut who were undertaking the mission amid heightened tensions between Moscow and Washington. Rare moment of cooperation Russian space agency Roscosmos said earlier on Friday that Oleg Kononenko, Nikolai Chub and Loral O'Hara docked at the ISS three hours after lift-off. The trio are joining three other Russians, two Americans and a European Space Agency representative on the ISS. Kononenko appeared to allude to tensions during a pre-launch press conference and said "unlike on earth" cosmonauts and astronauts took care of one another in space. "We hear each other there, and we understand each other, and we are very sensitive to our relationships," he said. "We always take care of each other." O'Hara was equally upbeat, pointing to the station's "legacy" and said it had been bringing the countries together. "I'm excited to get on board and see the crewmates who are waiting for us," she added. Kononenko and Chub are scheduled to spend a year on the ISS while O'Hara is expected to spend six months aboard. Russia's space program Last month Russia's space program suffered a significant setback when the Luna-25 space module crashed during an attempt to land on the moon. It was Russia's first lunar mission in nearly 50 years. US and Russian cooperation at the station doesn't have much time left. Last year July, the chief of Roscosmos Yury Borisov said that Russia would be leaving the ISS after 2024 with a view to putting together its own orbital station. Russian President Vladimir Putin is also looking to bolster space cooperation with China as the West continues ramping up sanctions in response to Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.

India launched its maiden expedition to observe the sun called Aditya-L1 on Saturday. Following the success of India's moon landing with Chandrayaan-3 this is the country's next attempt at another space milestone. Aditya L-1 launched at 11:50 a.m local time (0620 UTC/GMT). The crowd at the viewer's gallery and within the office of the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) in Sriharikota district of the Southern Indian state of Andra Pradesh, erupted in celebration.  Within 10 minutes of the launch, the vehicle performance was reported to be normal.  A jubilant launch With the success of the launch, Dr. Shankar Subramaniam the principal scientist of the mission announced that "now ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation) has established that it has the capability to send observatory class missions anywhere in the interplanetary medium."  Aditya-L1 is carrying scientific instruments to observe the Sun's outermost layers and aims to study behavior. Dipankar Banerjee, director at the Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES) said that "we're proud to be Indian...the entire country is excited that we got this opportunity now to travel towards the sun," Around an hour and a half after the launch, the Aditya-L1 satellite successfully separated from the rocket that had carried it into orbit, PSLV-C57.  "PSLV-C57 had injected Aditya L-1 satellite into the desired intermediate orbit. PSLV-C57 Aditya-L1 mission is accomplished" said the mission director Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) tweeted a link to the launch of the spacecraft taking place at the SDSC. Aditya-L1 could make a 'big bang' for science The mission which is named after the Hindi word for "sun" blasted off on Saturday morning. The spacecraft is set to travel about 1.5 million kilometers for over four months towards a so-called Lagrange Point in space. Objects tend to stay put in this space because of the balancing act of gravitational focus which also aids to reduce fuel consumption of the spacecraft. "India has a long tradition of looking at the sun from the ground...but there are limitations of looking at the sun from the ground because you can only see the lower atmosphere of the sun. So this was very, very important that we could go to the space," said Dipankar Banerjee director of ARIES. "It is multi-wavelength, multi-instrument and multi-direction and it measures particle, field and radiation. So you don't have such kind of satellites existing at the L1 point so far or currently. That makes Aditya-L1 absolutely unique," said Anil Bharadwaj, director of Physical Research Laboratory, a unit of the Department of Space of Government.

On Wednesday, India landed its lunar rover on the moon's south pole in a momentous accomplishment for the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). With the successful landing, India became the first country to put a spacecraft on the moon's south pole. But for ISRO chairman S. Somanath, a new, critical phase of the Chandrayaan-3 mission is just beginning. The six-wheeled, solar-powered "Pragyan" rover will explore the largely uncharted south pole region of the moon and transmit images and scientific data over two weeks. The rover will also carry out spectrometer analysis of the mineral and chemical composition of the moon's surface, returning valuable data on the properties of lunar soil and rocks. Somanath is keeping a close watch and is concentrated on collecting data. "The lander and rover are perfectly healthy, and so far, everything is working very well. There will be further movements, and we are monitoring it. It will determine the elemental composition of lunar soil and rocks around the lunar landing site," Somanath told DW. He added that the mission also aims to confirm the presence of ice in the region could "supply oxygen, fuel, and drinking water for future space exploration." Mission boosts India's space ambitions With a shoestring budget of about $74.58 million (€69 million), the Chandrayaan mission puts India alongside the US, Russia and China in a small group of spacefaring nations to pull off a controlled landing on the moon. The landing comes just days after Russia's Luna-25, destined for the same region, crashed on the lunar surface. The ISRO chief believes Chandrayaan's success will inspire India's space industry to push its boundaries of innovation. He dedicated the historic feat to India's entire scientific community. "Missions like this will enhance India's capability to undertake complicated projects," said Somanath. "We at ISRO will launch the Aditya-L1 mission in the first week of September, which is dedicated to studying the Sun," he added. The Aditya-L1 satellite, named after the sanskrit for sun, will be transported into space by the Indian Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle. Its primary objectives cover the study of dynamics in the upper solar atmosphere, including the chromosphere and corona. "A mission to Venus is on the agenda, but those details are being worked out and will take some time to happen. We went through a lot of pain and hard work for this lunar mission, and we will succeed in the future," Somanath added. The success of the Chandrayaan-3 mission is also expected to bolster private Indian space companies and increase their share of the global launch market within the next decade. "It is already happening and will receive a further boost. We can capitalize on our reputation for cost-competitive engineering," said the ISRO chief. "Already, it has spurred investment in private space launches and related satellite-based businesses." According to a report by management consulting firm Arthur D. Little, India could have a $40 billion space industry by 2040. The report estimates India's current space market is worth around $8 billion and has grown at about 4% annually in the last few years, compared to 2% globally. India's moonshot years in the making The planned operational span of the lander and rover is one lunar day, equivalent to approximately 14 earth days. Chandrayaan-3 is India's third lunar exploration mission. The 384,000-kilometer journey was launched on July 14 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota on India's southeast coast. Chandrayaan-3 orbited Earth several times to gain speed before embarking on its month-long lunar trajectory. The successful landing comes nearly four years after Chandrayaan-3's predecessor, Chandrayaan-2, crashed while attempting to land on the moon's south pole in September 2019. The incident was a blow to India's ambitions to become a space power. However, Somanath said the failure strengthened the ISRO's resolve. "Nobody needs reminding that the final moments before a craft's landing will be the riskiest. We learned a lot from failure and corrected it," he said. "We spent years analyzing each contingency and rectifying the errors of Chandrayaan-2, strengthening the hardware and software of the craft, and preparing for worst-case scenarios," he added. "We saw to it that the braking commands had to be far more detailed to ensure that the autonomous landing was performed in a controlled manner and velocity," he said. In addition, Somanath pointed out that command stations ensured "continuous, uninterrupted contact" with the "Vikram" lander module to track the descent's progress and make any corrections if required. "What is crucial is that we were also able to have many experiments that helped us to perfect the process of landing. Today, these efforts have paid dividends," added Somanath. The ISRO chief made it a point to mention that it was a team effort that went into the mission's success and thanked the project director, mission operations executive, and other team members. "There are a lot of women engineers and scientists who worked directly on the mission, and this is a tribute to all of them," he said.

India on Wednesday became the first country to land a spacecraft near the moon's south pole. "India is on the moon," S. Somanath, chief of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said as the Chandrayaan-3's Vikram lander made a "soft landing" on the lunar surface. "This is a victory cry of new India," said Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who watched the final moment before touchdown from Johannesburg where he is attending the BRICS summit. Modi hoped mission success would spur investment in private space launches and related satellite-based businesses. Joy as spacecraft touch down The successful landing comes just days after Russia's Luna-25 spacecraft crashed into the moon after losing control. India's previous attempt to land on the moon failed in 2019, but on Wednesday, scientists and officials clapped at the country's cheered and hugged each other as the spacecraft landed. DW's bureau chief in New Delhi, Amrita Cheema, reported that the response in India was "euphoric." "India has a young, vibrant and very aspirational population and they take great pride to be part of a country which is going towards the future and able to compete at the international level and part of the big league even in its space program," she said.  The mission was launched nearly six weeks ago, and people across India were glued to television screens and said prayers as the spacecraft approached the surface. Chandrayaan-3's mission The south pole of the moon has potential as a source of oxygen, fuel, and water for future missions and a moon colony. Chandrayaan-3 is expected to explore it for two weeks, running a series of experiments to determine the mineral composition of the lunar surface. Several countries, including the United States, China, Israel and Japan, aim to set up a base on the moon. Only the United States, China and the former Soviet Union have previously achieved a controlled landing on the lunar surface. Other space agencies took note The European Space Agency (ESA) director general Josef Aschbacher was among the first to congratulate India's ISRO. "What a way to demonstrate new technologies AND achieve India's first soft landing on another celestial body. Well done, I am thoroughly impressed," he wrote on X, formerly Twitter. Senator Bill Nelson, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)  administrator, also congratulated India. "We're glad to be your partner on this mission!" he wrote on social media.   NASA and ESA provided tracking support to the Chandrayaan-3 mission.

NASA reestablished contact with the Voyager 2 spacecraft on Friday following two weeks of silence after flight controllers sent a wrong command to the spacecraft that titled its antenna away from earth. To reposition the antenna, NASA's Deep Space Network sent an "interstellar shout" on Wednesday with the help of NASA's most powerful radio antenna in Canberra, Australia. It was a longshot attempt at sending instructions to right the craft that required perfect timing. Voyager project manager Suzanne Dodd at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California told AFP news agency that the command was timed to be sent during the "best conditions during the antenna tracking pass in order to maximize possible receipt of the command by the spacecraft." As Voyager 2 is more than 12 billion miles (19 billion kilometers) from earth, it took roughly 18.5 hours for the command traveling at light speed to reach the spacecraft, and another 18.5 hours to hear back. Crews therefore had to wait more than a day to learn whether their intervention had even worked.  In the early hours of August 4 in the US, Voyager began returning science and telemetry data "indicating it is operating normally and that it remains on its expected trajectory," the Jet Propulsion Laboratory said. What went wrong with Voyager 2? On July 21, a series of planned commands sent to Voyager 2 mistakenly caused the probe's antenna to point 2 degrees away from Earth, which disrupted the transmission of signals. The day before coming up with the plan to send the "interstellar shout," NASA engineers had detected a carrier or "heartbeat" wavefrom Voyager, by using multiple observatories around the world that form the Deep Space Network. It was too faint to carry any data, but it was enough to confirm that the mission was still operating, and gave engineers hope that they could send a signal to adjust the antenna positioning. The two-week outage was believed to be the longest NASA had gone without hearing from Voyager 2 in a mission that's well into its fifth decade, project manager Suzanne Dodd told The Associated Press. The antenna only needed to be shifted 2 degrees to correct the error, but the situation was not expected to be resolved until a scheduled automated realignment maneuver on October 15. What is Voyager? Voyager 2, and its twin Voyager 1, were launched in 1977 to explore the outer solar system and beyond, while serving as a beacon of humanity in outer space. Both spacecraft carry "Golden Records," which are 12-inch, gold-plated copper disks that feature "the sounds of Earth," such as thunder, rainfall, dogs barking, and the sound of a baby. The discs also include a map of the solar system, a piece of uranium that serves as a radioactive clock allowing recipients to date the spaceship's launch, and symbols that show how to play the record. The disc is intended to convey the story of our world to extraterrestrials. Voyager 1 crossed into interstellar space in 2012, and Voyager 2 crossed in 2018. Before leaving the solar system, Voyager 2 explored Jupiter and Saturn, and became the first and so far only spacecraft to visit Uranus and Neptune. Scientific data sent back from Voyager include details about the interstellar magnetic field and the abundance of cosmic rays. Voyager 1 is now the most distant spacecraft from earth at 15 billion miles (24 billion kilometers) away. It is still in contact. Dodd said that as long as the plutonium power holds, both spacecraft could make it to the 50th anniversary of their launch in 2027. "Hopefully, one of them will make it to 50. But they are old and certainly events like this one that just happened scare the dickens out of me, as far as making that type of a milestone," she told the Associated Press.

The US space agency lost contact with the Voyager 2 probe after a series of routine commands misdirected its antenna. Now flight controllers are hoping to reposition the spacecraft, which is traveling between stars. NASA on Tuesday picked up a "heartbeat signal" from the Voyager 2 space probe after it went silent late last month. Voyager 2 was launched in 1977 to explore the outer planets of the solar system. It was designed to last 12 years but continued to beam data back to Earth for more than three decades. However, late last month, flight controllers accidentally sent a wrong command causing the spacecraft's antenna to point away from Earth, making it unable to receive commands or transmit data. NASA then used the Deep Space Network, its global network of giant radio antennas, to finally reestablish contact with the space probe on Tuesday. "So we know the spacecraft is alive and operating," Voyager project manager Suzanne Dodd told the AFP news agency. "This buoyed our spirits." What's next for Voyager 2? Flight controllers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California now attempt to reposition Voyager 2's antenna back towards Earth. If this command doesn't work — and controllers doubt it will — NASA will have to wait until October for an automatic spacecraft reset. The antenna is only 2% off-kilter. "That is a long time to wait, so we'll try sending up commands several times" before then, Dodd said. Voyager 2 is the first and only spacecraft to have visited Uranus and Neptune. In December 2018, it left the solar system's protective magnetic bubble known as the heliopsphere and is now travelling through space between stars, some 19 billion kilometers (12 billion miles) from Earth. ts twin, Voyager 1, is even further away at 24 billion kilometers (15 billion miles) from Earth, making it humanity's most distant spacecraft. Both space probes carry so-called "Golden Records" — 12-inch, gold-plated disks that contain photos and audio selected to portray the diversity of life on Earth to any potential extraterrestrial life that may encounter them. In roughly 296,000 years, Voyager 2 is expected to pass by the star Sirius at a distance of 4.3 light-years.

ISRO is now clearly on a very different and ambitious course, which is also very challenging. This new course has its origins in the decision to go in for planetary exploration, beginning with the moon. It was early 2000, I think, that we began discussing the road ahead for ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation). By that time, most of Vikram Sarabhai’s early goals for the Indian space programme — self-reliance, launch capabilities, societal needs — had been met, and the question that stared us in the face was ‘what next’. I remember the issue was vigorously discussed, and a moon probe seemed to be one of the natural options for ISRO to explore. Dr K Kasturirangan, who was the chairman then, set up a committee under Dr George Joseph, director of Space Applications Centre in Ahmedabad, to study what could be done in this regard. The Lunar Mission Study Task Force under Dr Joseph submitted its report shortly, and identified the gaps in our capabilities. One of the follow-up actions that I took after taking over from Dr Kasturirangan was to ask the VSSC (Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre) in Thiruvananthapuram to assess whether our existing launch vehicle could be used for a lunar mission. At that time, we had PSLV as our main rocket. VSSC came back to say that PSLV could deliver a payload of up to 1,000 kg to the moon orbit. We decided to strengthen the capabilities of PSLV, and when that was created, we realised that we had some excess capacity. It was then proposed that we could invite foreign space agencies to send their instruments on our mission. We received a dozen proposals of which we selected six experiments that complimented what we had planned for ourselves. That is how the foreign instruments got on our mission, which went on to be called Chandrayaan-1. Simultaneously, ISRO centres and scientists were working on designing the spacecraft, deciding on the science objectives, and building the technology know-how. When we were ready with our plan, we took our proposal to then PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee. It was in 2004, I think, at one of the routine six-monthly reviews of the Department of Space, that I brought up the proposal. Vajpayeeji was excited and immediately interested. In his characteristic poetic flourish, he remarked that the moon looks beautiful from a distance, but it might not be so if we observed it from up close. He was not off the mark, of course. Close-up pictures of the moon, taken from instruments aboard Chandrayaan-1 as well, show an uneven surface with lots of craters. Vajpayeeji cleared the proposal quickly, and we began preparations with a 2008 launch in mind. While we were still in the planning stages, President A P J Abdul Kalam once visited ISRO facilities and inquired about the Chandrayaan-1 mission. We gave him a detailed briefing on our plans, the instruments that we would send and the experiments that they would carry out. But he had us all totally stumped when he asked, “How would you prove that you have gone to the moon? What would be the evidence that we have been there?”. I said something to the effect that we will produce data, we will have photographs of the moon. That is not enough, he said, and suggested that just like we have the Indian flag fluttering in Antarctica, we should have something similar on the moon as well. It was Kalam’s suggestion that forced us to include the MIP (Moon Impact Probe) instrument in our mission. It was not part of the original plan. MIP, which had the Indian colours on its sides, was made to crash land on the moon when the Chandrayaan-1 mission went up in 2008. We had left our mark. Discussions over a follow-up mission, that would include a lander and rover, began immediately, but there were a number of challenges. PSLV was not capable of carrying higher payloads, and we had been facing some difficulties with the development of GSLV. Also, there were huge technological learnings involved, particularly with regard to the descent module that was supposed to land. In the meanwhile, the idea of sending a probe to Mars came up, and it took precedence over Chandrayaan-2, because this too was also only an Orbiter mission. The Mars mission was a resounding success too. Of course, the Chandrayaan-2 mission, when it was finally launched in 2019, could not make a soft landing, but it is a small setback. These things happen. I firmly believe that Chandrayaan-3, which is headed for the moon orbit now, will surely make up for the failure of Chandrayaan-2. ISRO is now clearly on a very different and ambitious course, which is also very challenging. This new course has its origins in the decision to go in for planetary exploration, beginning with the moon. Other space agencies like NASA or ESA (European Space Agency) had begun sending missions to the moon, and we were at the risk of being left behind. They would not have shared their data with us, or collaborated with us. Also, it might have looked futuristic that time, but the idea of having a permanent facility on the moon was very much at the back of our minds when we planned our first lunar mission. We are talking more and more about it now, but even back then, it was one of the drivers for beginning to explore the moon. Source: Indian Express

In a historic stride towards lunar exploration, India's space agency, ISRO, is set to launch Chandrayaan-3.  Garnering global attention, this mission positions India potentially as the fourth nation to achieve lunar landing. By rigorously integrating lessons from the Chandrayaan-2 mission, ISRO aims to ensure a flawlessly executed mission that outperforms its predecessors.  Chandrayaan-3, equipped with a rover, is primed to gather vital lunar data, enriching our understanding of the celestial sphere. Its key objective involves extending the rover's operational life beyond 14 earth-days.  The mission's success signifies not only a leap in India's space exploration, but also paves the way for future international lunar endeavours, heralding a new era in the global space exploration arena. As the clock ticks down to the launch of India's highly-anticipated lunar mission, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is in an intense phase of preparation.  The objective is unambiguous - to take a giant leap in lunar exploration. ISRO has ensured that no stone is left unturned in order to ensure that the mission is an all-round success this time. The Chandrayaan-3 mission, succeeding the Chandrayaan-2, has piqued global interest, not just because it carries India's hopes of becoming the fourth nation to land on the moon, but also as it signifies a critical juncture in international space exploration endeavours. The importance of this mission transcends national boundaries, establishing it as a pivotal element in the worldwide quest for celestial knowledge and advancement.  Rightly being hailed as a vital cog in the wheel of space exploration efforts worldwide, Chandrayaan-3's significance certainly extends beyond national borders now. With widespread enthusiasm surrounding the mission, the countdown for the launch of the Chandrayaan-3 mission began on July 13, at 14:35 IST ahead of take-off on Friday from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. A successor to the limited success Chandrayaan-2 obtained, Chandrayaan-3 consists of a spacecraft, equipped with a rover which shall be deployed in order explore the lunar surface and gather valuable data to enhance our understanding of our celestial neighbour. With multiple stages as part of the long mission, equal importance and significance is being attached to all stages of the mission to ensure that nothing goes wrong. It is but natural that meticulous planning and immense preparations are involved in ensuring that the mission is an all-round success, with the team at ISRO diligently working to address the challenges encountered during Chandrayaan-2 and implementing the lessons learned to enhance the reliability and effectiveness of Chandrayaan-3. Central to this ambitious quest is to transcend the conventional 14-day operational threshold of the rover’s lifespan. Such a ground-breaking achievement would exemplify our unparalleled aptitude for lunar navigation and exploration, while pushing the frontiers of technological progress and knowledge acquisition. To realise this ambitious vision, a propulsion module will be launched from the prestigious Sriharikota spaceport, carrying a lander and rover to a staggering distance of 100 kilometres from the lunar orbit. This meticulous planning ensures a safe landing and sets a new benchmark for roving capabilities on the Moon's surface. The rover is equipped with cutting-edge technology that will not only land softly at the designated site but will also conduct in-situ chemical analyses of the lunar surface during its mobility. This revolutionary capability will provide us with invaluable insights into the composition and properties of our celestial neighbour, advancing our understanding of the Moon's geological makeup. Among the array of scientific payloads on board, one holds significant promise: the Spectro-polarimetry of Habitable Planet Earth (SHAPE). This innovative instrument will enable us to make future discoveries of smaller planets and exoplanets by analysing the reflected light they emit. SHAPE's advanced capabilities will expand our understanding of habitable worlds beyond our solar system and deepen our appreciation of the vastness of the universe. Should the Chandrayaan-3 mission triumphantly accomplish its lunar landing, India would proudly ascend to the ranks of a select few, joining the elite group of nations that have achieved this extraordinary feat. In doing so, India would become a distinguished member, standing as only the fourth country in the world to have accomplished such a remarkable endeavour. This monumental achievement would not only be a testament to India's unwavering commitment to scientific and technological progress but also a witness to the indomitable spirit of human exploration. By conquering the lunar frontier, India would etch its name alongside a select few pioneers, leaving an indelible mark on the annals of history. It would serve as a source of immense national pride, symbolizing the exceptional prowess and capabilities of India's scientific community. With each successful landing, humanity takes another monumental step towards unravelling the mysteries of the cosmos and expanding our understanding of the universe. India's imminent triumph in lunar landing would be a resounding affirmation of our collective determination to push the boundaries of human achievement and embrace the vast expanse of possibilities that lie beyond our planet. This significant milestone is bound to cement India's position in the global space exploration arena. With rapid strides that the country is making within the larger arena of space technology and research, India has been able to garner significant international recognition. With another feather in its cap, India's reputation as a frontrunner in the field would inevitably be bolstered further. With the recent surge in India’s private sector innovating further to develop space parts and programmes, broader aspirations of the international scientific community and mission's objectives have clearly aligned. It is only a matter of time that the enigmatic mysteries of the moon and beyond are unravelled with boundaries of knowledge and technological advancements being pushed constantly. With a large chunk of the mission focused at enabling scientists to further study the moon’s geology, topography, and potential resources, the information might turn out to be instrumental in shaping future lunar missions, including manned missions and the establishment of lunar habitats. The imminent launch of Chandrayaan-3 is a defining moment in India's history and a critical juncture in the  quest for knowledge and understanding. In a short time, the space programme by ISRO has taken huge steps in the right direction. In a unique position to make important global contributions in the field of space explorations, India has the ability to deliver with low-cost, high-impact and technologically-driven missions. It will propel India towards a future where science, discovery, and exploration that are cornerstones of societies. It inspires the nation  to dream bigger, to reach further, and to continue our relentless pursuit of knowledge and understanding. The launch of Chandrayaan-3 is not just a triumph for India but a triumph for all of humanity. It is a testament to its collective strength, resilience, and capacity for wonder.  And with the launch of Chandrayaan-3, that future has never looked brighter. Source: timesofoman.com