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Country to celebrate National Space Day on August 23

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On 23 August last year, India became the fourth country to land on the moon and the first to reach its southern polar region. To honour this landmark achievement, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced August 23 as “National Space Day”. The country will celebrate its maiden National Space Day with the theme “Touching Lives while Touching the Moon: India’s Space Saga.

A myriad of events will be held highlighting India’s remarkable achievements in space, profound benefits to society, and boundless opportunities for people from all walks of life to engage with the Indian space programme. A distinguished Scientist of ISRO and Director of U R Rao Satellite Centre in Bengaluru, M Sankaran spoke exclusively to Akashvani News on the relevance of National Space Day. Mr. Sankaran informed that the President will inaugurate the main event in New Delhi and as a run-up to this event robotic challenges and hackathons are being organised across the country to create awareness about India’s strides in the Space sector.

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