Chandrayaan-3 landing site name ‘Shiva Shakti’ has been approved by IAU
- Chandrayaan-3 landing site name ‘Shiva Shakti’ has got approval from the International Astronomical Union (IAU).
- The IAU’s working group for Planetary System Nomenclature has approved the name ‘Shiv Shakti’ for the landing site of Chandrayaan-3.
- The word “Shiv” stands for the welfare of humanity” and Shakti means strength to achieve the welfare of humanity.
- Shiv Shakti point will be a symbol of unity from the Himalayas to Kanyakumari.
- ISRO’s Chandrayaan-3 was launched on July 14, 2023 and landed successfully on the Moon’s South Pole on August 23, 2023.
- On 26 March 2023, PM Modi announced that the place where Chandrayaan-3’s Moon lander touched down would be known as ‘Shiv Shakti’.
- The Chandrayaan-2 landing failure spot will be known as “Tiranga Point”.
- The day on which Vikram Lander reached the moon’s surface will be celebrated as “National Space Day”.
