Chandrayaan-3: ISRO shares image of Vikram’s landing site

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Wednesday shared an image of the site on the lunar surface where Vikram, the lander module of Chandrayaan-3, landed. Taking to social media platform X, formerly called Twitter, ISRO said, “Chandrayaan-3 Mission: The image captured by the Landing Imager Camera after the landing. It shows a portion of Chandrayaan-3’s landing site. Seen also is a leg and its accompanying shadow.” “Chandrayaan-3 chose a relatively flat region on the lunar surface,” ISRO wrote on X. After the lander module Vikram of the country’s third lunar mission made a safe and soft landing, ISRO chief S Somanath said, “India is on the Moon”. Officials at India’s space agency ISRO headquarters in Bengaluru broke into applause after the Vikram began its powered vertical descent towards its landing site. Prime Minister Narendra Modi who is attending the 15th BRICS Summit in Johannesburg watched the live telecast and as soon as the touchdown happened he sported a big smile and waved the tricolour.