On 23 August 2023, India scripted history as Chandrayaan-3 successfully landed on the Moon’s South
Pole. India became the first and only country to reach this remote lunar region, a milestone that
has elevated India to the ranks of the United States (US), Russia and China—the only three other
nations that have reached the moon. But these were not the only records Indian Space Research
Organisation (ISRO) made that day; it also garnered over 8 million concurrent views of the live
moon landing on YouTube, highest ever in the history of the platform. This book offers an overview
of the Chandrayaan-3 mission and covers the evolution of India’s Moon programme. It traces India’s
journey to the Moon, starting from its inception during the early 2000s.
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Book Details
Imprint
Rupa Publications India Pvt. Ltd
Publication Year
2023 October
Number of Pages
114
Contributors
Author Info
Dr Ajey Lele is a consultant at Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (MPIDSA),
New Delhi. His areas of research include issues related to strategic technologies and space
security. His published works include Asian Space Race: Rhetoric or Reality? (2012), Mission Mars:
India’s Quest for the Red Planet (2014) and Institutions that Shaped Modern India: ISRO (2021).