ISRO Achieves Nine World Records and Plans More with Human Moon Landing by 2040.

ISRO Chairman V. Narayanan highlighted India’s remarkable achievements in space exploration, including Chandrayaan and Mars missions, while announcing plans to secure 8–10 additional world records in the coming years, reinforcing India’s position in global space technology.

      - India has secured nine major world records in space exploration so far. Notable milestones include the Mars Orbiter Mission (2014), which made India the first nation to reach Mars on its maiden attempt, and Chandrayaan-3 (2023), which marked India as the first country to land near the lunar South Pole.

      - In 2017, ISRO’s PSLV-C37 mission created history by launching 104 satellites in a single mission, setting a global benchmark in satellite deployment. Chandrayaan-2 (2019) deployed the world’s best orbiter camera around the Moon, enhancing India’s lunar research capabilities.

      - Between 2014 and 2017, India set three global records in cryogenic stage development, including the fastest maiden flight of LVM3 with a cryogenic stage in just 28 months, compared to 37–108 months by other nations.

Main Point :-   (i) ISRO’s cost-sensitive approach has significantly reduced launch expenses, enabling India to launch over 4,000 rockets and 133 satellites. These efforts contribute to national security, economic growth, and the expansion of space entrepreneurship.

      (ii) Looking ahead, ISRO aims to achieve 8–10 additional world records in space technology and targets landing a human on the Moon by 2040, marking a major step in India’s ambition to become a developed nation.

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