ISRO’s Chandrayaan-3 received the 2026 Goddard Astronautics Award from the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics in Washington, D.C.
Chandrayaan-3 achieved the world’s first soft landing near the Moon’s south pole on 23 August 2023.
The mission explored a scientifically important region of the Moon that had not been studied earlier at the surface level.
Chandrayaan-3 confirmed the presence of important chemical elements in the lunar south polar soil, indicating possible local resources for future missions.
The mission provided important scientific data to support future human missions and long-term exploration of the Moon.