Chandrayaan-3 Landing - "India Over The Moon": Sania Mirza, Sachin Tendulkar Lead Wishes On India's Successful Moon Mission

Chandrayaan-3 - India's moon mission - had a successful landing on Wednesday, making the country part of an elite space club. India is the first country near the South Pole, which is the hot new destination since traces of water was found on moon. The touchdown of the Vikram lander took place at 6.04 pm amid huge cheers from around the world. India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is currently on South Africa, congratulated the nation on the occasion.

Indian sports persons Sania Mirza, Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir led the wishes on the successful landing.

"India is over the moon because Chandrayaan is on the moon Such a proud moment for 1 billion of us #Chandrayaan3," Sania posted on X.

India is over the moon because Chandrayaan is on the moon
Such a proud moment for 1 billion of us #Chandrayaan3

"Yaaaaayyy , We have done it. Soft landing on the Moon. #Chandrayaan3. Congratulations @isro and all those who dedicated themselves to this historic mission. We are on the Moon," Sehwag posted.

Yaaaaayyy , We have done it.
Soft landing on the Moon.#Chandrayaan3 .

Congratulations @isro and all those who dedicated themselves to this historic mission.
We are on the Moon pic.twitter.com/VZLLgeSLEk

"@ISRO represents the best of India. Humble, hardworking women & men, coming together, overcoming challenges, and making our tricolour fly high. India must celebrate and congratulate the Chandrayaan-2 team, which was led by Shri K Sivan, along with Shri S Somanath's #Chandrayaan3 team. Every hard landing has lessons which take us closer to a soft landing - on the moon, and in life. Jai Hind!" Sachin Tendulkar wrote.

@ISRO represents the best of India. Humble, hardworking women & men, coming together, overcoming challenges, and making