International Astronomical Union approves Chandrayaan-3's landing site name 'Shiva Shakti' on March 19.
International Astronomical Union (IAU) approves Chandrayaan-3 landing site name 'Shiva Shakti'. The approval came on March 19 after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's announcement following the success of the mission on August 26, 2023. The IAU working group for Planetary System Nomenclature has approved the name station 'Shiv Shakti' for the landing site of Chandrayaan-3's Vikram lander. The name is a compound word from Indian mythology that depicts masculine (Shiva) and feminine (Shakti) duality of nature.
March 24, 2024
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