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NEW DELHI: India celebrated the successful landing of Chandrayaan-3‘s lunar module on the moon’s surface on Wednesday. Former India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni was one of the several excited citizens who waited to witness this historic moment.
In a video shared by Dhoni’s superfan, the 2011 World Cup-winning captain can be seen celebrating the successful landing of Chandayaan-3.
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In a video shared by Dhoni’s superfan, the 2011 World Cup-winning captain can be seen celebrating the successful landing of Chandayaan-3.
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Dhoni’s daughter Ziva also celebrated the iconic moment.
In a video shared by Dhoni’s wife on her Instagram stories, Ziva can be seen cheering the historic moment.
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Officials at India’s space agency ISRO headquarters in Bengaluru broke into applause after the Vikram began its powered vertical descent towards its landing site.
This makes India the fourth country – after US, China, and Russia – to have successfully landed on the moon’s surface, it has earned a place in record books as the first to touchdown on the south side of Earth’s only natural satellite.
The spacecraft was launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Andhra Pradesh’s Sriharikota on July 14.