ISRO has been awarded the 2023 Leif Erikson Lunar Prize by the Exploration Museum in Iceland's Husavik for its successful Chandrayaan-3 mission.

India's space endeavours have been lauded on the global stage as the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) clinched the prestigious 2023 Leif Erikson Lunar Prize, a testament to its unwavering dedication to lunar exploration. Bestowed by the Husavik Museum, this accolade stands as a recognition of ISRO's significant strides in advancing our comprehension of celestial mysteries through the triumphant Chandrayaan-3 mission.

      The award celebrates the first soft-landing of a spacecraft near the lunar south pole

      The Leif Erikson Award is an annual prize given by the Exploration Museum since 2015

      It is named after Leif Erikson -- a Norse explorer thought to be the first European to set foot on continental America

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