UAE leaders congratulate India on successful Chandrayaan-3 landing
UAE leaders led a global celebration of India’s successful landing of Chandrayaan-3 on the south pole of moon on Wednesday.
President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan congratulated Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Indian people on the successful landing of Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft on the moon.
On his X account, Sheikh Mohamed tweeted in Hindi and said: “The successful lunar landing of India’s Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft represents a significant leap for collective scientific progress. I extend my heartfelt congratulations to Prime Minister @narendramodi and the people of India for this historic achievement in service of humankind.”
India became the fourth nation to successfully land on the Moon with its Chandrayaan-3 mission. It is also the first nation to land on the Moon’s south pole. UAE minister congratulated the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) for carrying out the landing. “This is a historic day for human exploration,” tweeted Sarah Al Amiri, Minister of State for Public Education and Advanced Technology.
Salem AlMarri, Director-General of the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC), called the success a “new leap in the Moon exploration journey that will provide valuable data to the global scientific community”.
The UAE Space Agency shared a rendering of the rover, Pragyan, with the Indian flag, as it congratulated the ISRO for achieving “historic milestone”.