The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has been awarded the prestigious Leif Erikson Lunar Award for its unprecedented Chandrayaan-3 mission.

The award, provided by the Investigation Museum in Hussrand, Iceland, recognises ISRO's extraordinary contribution in understanding lunar exploration and astronomical events.
Indian Ambassador Balasubramanian Shyam received this prestigious award on behalf of ISRO.

Chandrayaan-3 mission:

The 'Chandrayaan-3' was launched on 13 July 2023 by the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO).
It was launched by LVM 3 from Satish Dhawan Space Center, Sriharikota.
It included Lander (Vikram) and Rover configuration (Pragyan).
Chandrayaan-3 consisted of an indigenous Lander Module (LM), a Propulsion Module (PM) and a Rover aimed at developing and demonstrating new technologies required for interplanetary missions.
Chandrayaan-3 landed successfully on the surface near the moon's southern pole on 23 August 2023.
With this, India became the first country to successfully land the spacecraft at the southern pole of the Moon and the fourth country to land on the moon.
Three other countries - China, America and Russia.

The purpose of the Chandrayaan-3 mission:

The place where the moon lander of Chandrayaan-3 landed will now be known as “Shiv Shakti” Point.
The place where Chandrayaan-2 left his footprint will be called “tricolour”.
August 23 will be celebrated as National Space Day.

Establishment - 2015
The Leif Erikson Lunar Prize is provided by the Investigation Museum to celebrate extraordinary achievements in lunar exploration.
Leif Erikson is considered to be European, who reached the US continent 400 years before Christopher Columbus.
This award is given every year in his name.