National Space Day / Government of India's decree - 'National Space Day' will be celebrated every year on 23rd August.

National Space Day: From now on, 'National Space Day' will be celebrated every year on 23rd August in India. The Government of India has made an announcement in this regard. In fact, under Mission Chandrayaan, Vikram Lander had landed on the lunar surface on 23 August 2023 and Pragyan Rover was also deployed on the lunar surface on the same day. In view of the success of Chandrayaan 3 mission, National Space Day will be celebrated every year on 23 August in India from now on. The Government of India has also issued a notification in this regard. The notification issued by the Government of India states that National Space Day will be celebrated every year on 23 August in the country to commemorate the success of the mission with the landing of Vikram Lander and deployment of Pragyan Rover on 23 August 2023.

'National Space Day' will be celebrated on 23 August

Let us tell you that India had high expectations from Chandrayaan 3 mission. Earlier Chandrayaan 2 mission had failed, after which India started working on Chandrayaan 3. When Chandrayaan 3 was launched by India and Chandrayaan successfully landed on the lunar surface, India got applause all over the world. Let us tell you that with the successful landing of Chandrayaan 3, India has become the first country to reach the South Pole of the Moon. On this success of ISRO, Modi Cabinet has approved to celebrate 23rd of August this year as National Space Day. A proposal was issued in this regard, which has now been approved by the government.

Chandrayaan gave many information

Let us tell you that Chandrayaan 3 is still actively collecting information on the lunar surface. With this, India has become the fourth country to reach the moon. Before this, America, China and the Soviet Union had reached the moon. Chandrayaan 3 has given valuable data to scientists. Data from Chandrayaan's Pragyan rover has revealed that the lunar soil contains iron, titanium, aluminum and calcium. Apart from this, sulfur has also been found to surprise the scientists. In this regard, a research professor from Washington University, while writing an article, said that sulfur is present in the soil of the moon.