Google celebrates India's Chandrayaan-3 feat with special doodle

Search engine giant Google on Thursday celebrated Indias success in its third Moon mission Chandrayaan3 with a special animated doodleIndia scripted history on Wednesday with its touchdown on the lunar south pole making it the first nation to land on the uncharted surfaceWith this achievement India was propelled into an exclusive club of four becoming the fourth country after the US China and the erstwhile Soviet Union to successfully land a spacecraft on the moonLauding this historic feat the Internet behemoth has come up with a doodle celebrating the first landing on the moons south poleThe graphically dynamic doodle depicts letters of GOOGLE floating in outer space amid twinkling stars with an animated moon forming the second O in the sequence It also shows a spacecraft making a soft landing on the moons south poleTodays doodle celebrates the firstever landing on the moons south pole The Chandrayaan3 spacecraft launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota Range Andhra Pradesh India on July 14 2023 and successfully touched down near the lunar south pole region on August 23 2023 read the note on Thursdays Google DoodleMoon landings are no easy feat Previously only the United States China and the former Soviet Union have completed soft landings on the moon iquest but no country has made it to the southern pole region before now it addedIn an epic moment for India as it joined the elite club in the space sector the nation on Wednesday erupted in celebrations to hail the countrys historic achievementComprising the lander Vikram and the rover Pragyan the Indian Space Research Organisations ISRO Chandrayaan3 touched down on the lunar south pole at 604 pmThe moons south pole has been an area of heightened interest for space explorers as they suspected the existence of ice deposits located inside permanently shadowed craters Chandrayaan3 has now confirmed this prediction to be true This ice offers the potential of critical resources for future astronauts such as air water and even hydrogen rocket fuel added the Google note with the doodleThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever