The theme of this year's National Space Day is "Touching Lives while Touching the Moon: India's Space Saga."
- August 23 was chosen as on this day in 2023, India became the fourth country to land on the moon and the first to reach its southern polar region.
- ISRO’s Chandrayaan-3 mission achieved a safe and soft landing of Vikram Lander and successful deployment of Pragyan Rover on lunar surface.
- Landing site was named ‘Shiv Shakti’ point (Statio Shiv Shakti).
Significance of Moon Exploration
- The Moon's surface and its internal structure offers insights into how solar system formed and evolved and the role of asteroid impacts in influencing Earth’s history and possible future.
- It is an excellent place to test space technologies, flight capabilities, life support systems for future deep-space explorations in temperature and radiation extremes of space.
- Lunar water can be utilized for supply of rocket fuel components for further space exploration.
- It fuels commercial aspirations to develop space tourism and extraction of rare earth elements.
- It creates opportunities for new medical advancements, technological innovations, and application and utilization of vast resources of space.
India’s Space Economy
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