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India celebrates first National Space Day

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India celebrate its first National Space Day on Friday (August 23, 2024) with the theme, "Touching lives while touching the Moon: India's space saga".

The landing made India the fourth country to accomplish the feat and the first to land on the lunar South Pole.

Various institutions around the country are celebrating the day with public events.

Taking to X, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Ministers Hardeep Singh Puri, Nitin Gadkari, and Mansukh Mandaviya expressed joy over India's space achievements.