National Space Day is celebrated on 23 August to commemorate India’s historic Chandrayaan-3 soft landing on the Moon in 2023.
- 2026 Theme: “Towards Viksit Bharat – Innovating, Collaborating and Aspiring Global Space Leadership”
- Chandrayaan-3: India became the first country to land near the Moon’s south polar region and the fourth country to achieve a lunar soft landing.
- Landing Site: Shiv Shakti Point
- Key Focus: Space innovation, collaboration among ISRO, academia and private industry, and global leadership.
- Upcoming Missions: Gaganyaan (human spaceflight) and Chandrayaan-4 (lunar exploration).
