New Delhi, Aug. 23 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday greeted citizens on the occasion of National Space Day, highlighting India's growing achievements in space sector.

"Happy National Space Day! Here's to dreaming even bigger, innovating more and pushing newer frontiers....," PM Modi said in a post on X.

Shah said the day marks the occasion when India's Chandrayaan-3 touched down on the Moon's South Pole.

"Warm greetings to every citizen on #NationalSpaceDay. It is a momentous day that marks the occasion when India's Chandrayaan-3 touched down on the Moon's South Pole, and celebrates our scientists at ISRO for making an indelible imprint of their genius on the sands of time," he said in a post ...