BENGALURU: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on August 26 announced that the touchdown point of Chandrayaan-3 will be called Shiv Shakti. While addressing the ISRO staff involved with the country’s third lunar mission, the Prime Minister also announced that the site where Chandrayaan-2 left its footprints will be called Tiranga.
Speaking at the ISRO Telemetry Tracking and Command Network Mission Control Complex, he noted “This is India, which thinks innovatively and uniquely. This is the India which goes to dark zones and illuminates the world by spreading light.”
“This is no ordinary achievement; it’s a roaring announcement of India’s scientific achievement in the infinite universe,” he said.
The Prime Minister also proclaimed August 23 as the National Space Day.
