Over the Moon! ISRO wins this huge lunar award over historic Chandrayaan-3 mission success

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In a recent turn of events, ISRO has received the Leif Erikson Lunar Prize for Chandrayaan-3 mission's historic achievements.

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The Lunar award recognizes ISRO's indomitable spirit in advancing lunar exploration through the Chandrayaan-3 mission.

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 In a historic achievement, Chandrayaan-3 moon lander became the first to soft-land on the Lunar South Pole.

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 According to a post on the X platform(Formerly Twitter) by India in Iceland (Official Twitter handle of Indian embassy in Iceland), the prize was accepted by the Indian Ambassador to Iceland, Ambassador B Shyam, on behalf of ISRO.   

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The post says, “Leif Erikson Lunar Prize has been awarded by Husavik Museum for @ISRO's indomitable spirit in advancing lunar exploration & contributing to understanding celestial mysteries #Chandrayaan3”

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The post says, “Leif Erikson Lunar Prize has been awarded by Husavik Museum for @ISRO's indomitable spirit in advancing lunar exploration & contributing to understanding celestial mysteries #Chandrayaan3”

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ISRO Chairman S Somanath sent an acceptance message acknowledging the honor.

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 The Leif Erikson Lunar Prize is also known as the Exploration Award, awarded annually by the Exploration Museum in Iceland.

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 Chandrayaan-3's successful soft landing makes India the first country to land near the Moon's south pole.

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The Chandrayaan-3  mission included the Vikram lander and Pragyan rover, conducting groundbreaking experiments on the lunar surface.

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 Notably, the Chandrayaan-3 mission successfully landed on August 23 and ISRO scientists successfully obtained a set of scientific results that can be extremely helpful for scientists in studying the lunar surface.