August 24, 2023: Google Doodle on Thursday celebrated the Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) successful Chandrayaan mission.

India scripts history after Chandrayaan-3’s Vikram lander successfully landed on the moon’s South Pole on August 23, 2023.

India became the fourth country in the world to land on the moon after the United States, Russia, and China. On the other hand, India is the only country in the world to land on the lunar South Pole.

Chandrayaan-3 was launched into space by the LVM3 rocket from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota on July 14.

Taking to X, ISRO chief S Somanath said that they are aiming next for Aditya L-1 and Gaganyaan mission. He added, “ISRO chief S Somanath speaks about Aditya L-1 and Gaganyaan mission. He said, "Aditya mission to the Sun & it is getting ready for launch in September. Gaganyaan is still a work in progress. We will do a mission possibly by the end of September or October to demonstrate the crew module & crew escape capability which will be followed by many test missions until we do the first manned mission possibly by 2025".