National Space Day is a day for the common people of India to celebrate the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). ISRO has achieved numerous milestones in the field of space research and technological development over the years. National Space Day 2025 will recognize the achievements and contributions of this amazing organization to science, technology, and the nation.
National Space Day date 2025
National Space Day will be observed on August 23 every year. India was the fourth country to reach the Moon and the first to land on the Moon's southern polar region on August 23, 2023. To mark this landmark event, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced 23 August as "National Space Day".
National Space Day Theme
According to the ISRO website, the theme for this year’s National Space Day is "Aryabhatta to Gaganyaan: Ancient Wisdom to Infinite Possibilities." This theme commemorates the legacy of exploration, innovation, and discovery through thousands of years of the collective work of previous generations of astronomers, and through the very latest revolutionary technologies and plans for future human spaceflight.
National Space Day 2025 seeks to encourage the students and youth of this nation to view science as not only a career. It's a labor of love by its very nature - it is ingrained into culture. It is also in the memory of the dedicated Indian intellectuals and scholars, both in the past and present, who have enriched our understanding of the universe. At the same time, the day is meant to promote national pride in India’s high stakes in space exploration and technology.
Major events of ISRO
India launched its first satellite, Aryabhata, in 1975. It was named after the famous Indian astronomer, Aryabhata. It was flown on 19 April 1975 from Kapustin Yar, a Soviet rocket launch and development site in Astrakhan Oblast, by means of a Kosmos-3M launch vehicle
Mangalyaan (Mars Orbiter Mission, MOM) is an Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO's) orbital spacecraft launched for the mission. As of 24 September 2014, India became the first country to have successfully reached Martian orbit, and ISRO, the fourth space agency in the world, as well as the first space agency in Asia, to have done so.
Chandrayaan-1 of the Chandrayaan programme was the first Indian lunar probe. It was launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation in October 2008 and operated until August 2009. Chandrayaan-2 took off from Satish Dhawan Space Centre on July 22, 2019. The Chandrayaan-3 landed on the Moon on 23 August 2023, India's second moon mission, achieving a soft landing on the Moon in 2023.
Other than these missions, ISRO launched many programmes and continues to contribute to India’s space research. Check out more
