A man reads a daily Hindi newspaper with front page reporting on successful landing of ISRO's Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft on the south pole of the Moon, in New Delhi on Aug. 24, 2023.
A lunar rover slid down a ramp from the lander of India's spacecraft within hours of its historic touch-down near the moon's south pole, Indian space officials said Thursday, as the country celebrated its new scientific accomplishment.
"India took a walk on the moon," the state-run Indian Space Research Organization said, adding that the Chandrayan-3 Rover would conduct experiments over 14 days, including an analysis of the mineral composition of the lunar surface.
"India Goes Where No Nation's Gone Before,'' read Thursday's headline in The Times of India daily, while the Indian Express newspaper exclaimed, "The moon is Indian."
"Prime Minister Narendra Modi or any other politician should not take credit for this achievement," Bhargava said in a telephone interview.
Persons:
Ajay Bhargava, Narendra Modi, Bhargava
Organizations:
Space Research Organization, Rover, Indian Express
Locations:
New Delhi, India, Times