♦ National Space Day is celebrated every year in India on 23 August.

♦ The day celebrates the success of the Chandrayaan-3 mission, which accomplished a safe and soft landing of Vikram Lander on the lunar surface.

♦ The mission not only made India the fourth country to achieve the feat but also the first to land a rover near the southern polar region of the moon.

♦ The soft landing was followed by a successful deployment of the Pragyaan Rover on the lunar surface.

♦ Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during his visit to the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) headquarters in Bengaluru on August 26, 2023, made the announcement to observe August 23 as National Space Day. 
2025 theme: "Leveraging Space Technology and Applications for Viksit Bharat 2047."