National Space Day: Beyond Moon, India’s big space dream includes Mars, Venus and Sun too

Mint - Aug 23, 2026

India has been observing National Space Day on August 23 since the historic success of its Moon mission, Chandrayaan-3. Here, we discuss India's ambitious space plan and ‘Space Vision of 2047’.

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