Latest News | Chandrayaan Landing Will Shape Future of Lunar Research, Unlock New Avenues of Discovery: Goyal

Jaipur, Aug 23 (PTI) Congratulating ISRO scientists on the successful landing of Chandrayaan-3 on the moon, Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Wednesday said this will unlock new avenues of scientific discovery and India will now contribute in a big way to the world's space community.

India scripted history as ISRO's ambitious third moon mission touched down on the moon's surface.

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"It will unlock new avenues of scientific discovery, shaping the future of lunar research, and India will now contribute in a big way to the world's space community," Goyal told reporters here.

It is a big vote of confidence in the abilities of Indian scientists, he said.

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"Our space journey has proven that now even the sky is not the limit for India," he added.

The lander module comprising the lander (Vikram) and the 26-kg rover (Pragyan) made the soft landing near the south polar region of the moon at 6.04 pm, less than a week after a similar Russian lander crashed.

With this touchdown on the moon in the second attempt in four years, India has become the fourth country to master the technology of soft-landing on the lunar surface after the US, China and the erstwhile Soviet Union.

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