In Pics: ISRO Scripts History As India Over The Moon

India on Wednesday scripted history as ISRO's third Moon mission Chandrayaan-3's Lander Module (LM) touched down on the lunar surface, making it only the fourth country to accomplish the feat, and first to reach the uncharted south pole of Earth's only natural satellite.

India is now on the moon and the success of the lunar mission has sounded the bugle for the emergence of a developed nation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Wednesday as Chandrayaan-3 landed successfully on the lunar surface.

"We are witness to the new flight of new India. A new history has been written," Modi said while addressing ISRO scientists virtually from Johannesburg, and described the Chandrayaan-3 landing on the moon as the "first light of 'Amrit Kaal' and the 'Amrit Varsha' of success".

In Pics:

Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) S Somanath, former ISRO Chairman AS Kiran Kumar and others watch the final phases before Chandrayaan-3's soft landing on the Moon's surface, at the ISRO headquarters, in Bengaluru.

Lander Imager Camera of ISRO's Chandrayaan-3 captures a portion of its landing site on the surface of the Moon after its successful descent, in Bengaluru.

Surface of the Moon as captured by Lander Horizontal Velocity Camera during the successful descent of ISRO's Chandrayaan-3, in Bengaluru.

Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) Chairman S Somanath acknowledges the gathering before addressing the media after the successful soft landing of Chandrayaan-3 on the surface of the moon, at ISRO's Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network facility, in Bengaluru.

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