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Indeed a moment of glory for India

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CHANDRAYAAN-3 (India's space Odyssey)           Chandrayaan-3, India's 3rd lunar mission was successfully launched on 14th July 2023(yesterday).          With the relentless efforts of Indian Space Research Organisation(ISRO) , Chandrayaan-3 was launched onboard a Launch Vehicle Mark-3 (LVM 3) rocket from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhrapradesh, India.           Expected to soft-land on the moon on 23rd August this year. If hopefully happens so, India will become the 4th country next to USA, Russia and China to soft-land on the surface of the moon.           Moreover India is the first ever country to launch a mission to probe the south pole of the moon . Mission objectives of Chandrayaan-3 : To demonstrate Safe and Soft Landing on Lunar Surface To demonstrate Rover roving on the moon and To conduct in-situ scientific experiments.           Chandrayaan-3 is a follow-on mission to Chandrayaan-2. It comprises an indigenous Lander module(LM), Propulsion modul