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{{Short description|National Day}}<br />
{{Use dmy dates|date= August 2023}}<br />
{{Infobox holiday<br />
| type = National<br />
| holiday_name = National Space Day <br />
| date = August 23<br />
| official_name = National Space Day<br />
| nickname = Space Day<br />
| observedby = India<br />
| significance = Commemorate the remarkable achievement of [[Chandrayaan-3]]'s landing on the Moon.<br />
| begins = August 23<br />
| ends = August 23<br />
| scheduling = Same day each year<br />
| duration = One day<br />
| firsttime = 23 August 2024<br />
| startedby = <br />
| relatedto = [[National Science Day]]<br />
| frequency = Annual<br />
| observances = <br />
}}<br />
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'''National Space Day''' is observed in India annually on the twenty-third day of August every year to mark the significant achievement of [[Chandrayaan-3]]'s successful landing on the south pole of Moon. <br />
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== Background ==<br />
Chandrayaan-3 was launched on 14 July 2023. The spacecraft entered lunar orbit on 5 August, and the lander touched down in the [[lunar south pole]] region on 23 August 2023 at 12:32 [[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]], making India the fourth country to successfully [[moon landing|land on the Moon]], and the first to do so near the lunar south pole. Congratulating the ISRO team behind the successful Chandrayaan-3 Moon Mission at [[ISRO Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network]] in Bengaluru, Prime Minister [[Narendra Modi]] announced that the touchdown point of the Vikram lander would henceforth be known as the ‘[[Shivshakti Point]]'. He further declared August 23, the day the Vikram lander descended on the moon, as [[National Space Day]].<br />
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{{Tweet<br />
| name = Narendra Modi<br />
| verified = yes <br />
| username = PMOIndia<br />
| lang = en<br />
| text = Now onwards, every year, 23rd August will be celebrated as the National Space Day.<br />
| date = August 26, 2023<br />
| ID = 1695269172534501592<br />
| width = 300px<br />
}}<br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category: August observances]]<br />
[[Category: Observances about science]]<br />
[[Category:Observances in India]]</div>BellaCH