“Another Meeting Point”: India, Russia Bond Over Space Journeys To Moon

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) today congratulated the Russian space agency for the successful launch of its lunar mission weeks after Chandrayaan-3 began its journey to the Moon.

ISRO also wished that both Chandrayaan-3 and Luna-25 missions achieve their goals.

Congratulations, Roscosmos on the successful launch of Luna-25 💐

Wonderful to have another meeting point in our space journies

Wishes for
🇮🇳Chandrayaan-3 &
🇷🇺Luna-25
missions to achieve their goals.

— ISRO (@isro) August 11, 2023

“Congratulations, Roscosmos on the successful launch of Luna-25. Wonderful to have another meeting point in our space journies. Wishes for Chandrayaan-3 & Luna-25 missions to achieve their goals,” tweeted ISRO.

Roscosmos is the Russian space agency.

Russia, a pioneer in the conquest of space, launched its Luna-25 probe from the Vostochny Cosmodrome on Friday, in its first mission to Moon since 1976.

Chandrayaan -3, launched on July 14, has shared fresh images of the moon as it moved nearer to the lunar surface. It is expected to land on the moon on August 23.

Both the spacecrafts are in a race to land first in the lunar south pole area which may hold significant quantities of ice that could be used for further space exploration.