UAE Congrats India For Historic Achievements: Chandrayaan-3 Landing
- Publish date: Thursday، 24 August 2023 | Last update: Tuesday، 10 December 2024
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Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the President of the UAE, congratulated India on the successful landing of its Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft on the Moon. He said that the lunar landing was a "significant leap for collective scientific progress" and that it was a testament to the hard work and dedication of the Indian space program.
Taking it to platform X, formerly Twitter, Sheikh Mohamed posted in Arabic, English and Hindi: "I extend my heartfelt congratulations to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the people of India for this historic achievement in service of humankind."
“Nations are built through perseverance, India continues to make history,” tweeted His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai.
India made history by becoming the fourth nation to successfully land a spacecraft on the Moon with its Chandrayaan-3 mission. It is also the first nation to land on the Moon's south pole.
The South Asian country has joined the US, the former Soviet Union and China in successfully reaching the Moon.
The UAE Space Agency shared a photo of the Pragyan rover with the Indian flag, congratulating the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on achieving a "historic milestone" with the successful landing of Chandrayaan-3 on the Moon's south pole.