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By Hazel Gandhi An old video of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chief Dr S Somanath being felicitated is being shared online with the misleading claim that he visited the office of right-wing Hindu organisation Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) following the success of Chandrayaan-3. BOOM found that the claims are misleading, the video is from July this year, before the successful landing of mission Chandrayaan-3, and does not show Dr Somanath at RSS' office. India became the fourth country to land on the moon and the first country to land on the south pole of the lunar surface on Au...
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By Hazel Gandhi A screenshot of a comment made by a reader beneath an article by the Washington Post about Chandrayaan-3 has been falsely shared to claim that the publication praised India's successful lunar mission. BOOM found that the text shows a user comment under a story by the Post, not an excerpt from their article. India became the first country to land on the moon's south pole after it successfully deployed its Vikram lander on the lunar surface on August 23, 2023. The lunar mission dubbed Chandrayaan-3 was watched LIVE by millions across the globe and put India in an elite club of co...
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By Nidhi Jacob Claims of China becoming the first country to land on the moon's South Pole a few years ago has been viral on social media. Those claiming, have cited an article published on History.com, titled, "China Makes Historic Landing on 'Dark Side' of the Moon" as the basis of their claim. Several readers sent BOOM the article requesting us to check its veracity. On August 23, 2023, the Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) Chandrayaan - 3 successfully landed on the moon's south polar region. While most news reports stated that India was the first country to land on the south pole...
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By Hazel Gandhi Old visuals from the surface of Mars are viral online as clips taken by Chandrayaan-3 on the moon. BOOM found that the claims are false and the clips have been taken by NASA's Perseverance Rover during a separate space mission. Chandrayaan-3 achieved a historic feat on August 23 after landing its Vikram lander and Pragyan rover on the southern surface of the moon. The rover will now undertake a 14-day mission to conduct experiments on the moon's surface and send its findings back on the Earth through the lander. Amid this, two visuals showing a planet are viral online as images...
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By Mohammed Kudrati A video from Mars, that originated from National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA's) Curiosity Rover on Mars, is being shared on social media as footage from the moon sent by Chandrayaan-3. The footage that is being shared on social media is a monochrome version of the original. Further, the viral video is not the same as the official videos that have been released of the Chandrayaan-3 mission by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). On August 23, ISRO successfully landed a land rover named Pragyaan on the southern pole of the moon, making India the first...
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By Hazel Gandhi News outlets including Zee News and Times Now have shared an old clip of BBC journalist Bradley Walsh criticising India's space mission as recent, while claiming that the anchor was speaking about Chandrayaan-3. BOOM found that the clip is from 2019 and not recent; Walsh was speaking about Chandrayaan-2 and not Chandrayaan-3. Chandrayaan-3 successfully landed on the moon's surface and created history on August 23. The Vikram lander and Pragyan rover will now carry out a 14-day mission where the latter will study the moon's surface and check its chemical composition, among other...
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By Nivedita Niranjankumar An old video of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman, S Somanath dancing at an event is viral with a misleading claim that it shows him celebrating after the Chandrayaan-3's soft landing on the Moon on Wednesday. BOOM found that the video is from July 2023 from an event in Bengaluru and not connected to the Chandrayaan-3's mission or any celebration post its landing on August 23, 2023. India on August 23, 2023 made history and recorded its name as one of the few countries to successfully conduct a mission to the moon. ISRO's Chandrayaan-3 which had taken...
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By Srijit Das An animation video made to recreate the United States' historic Apollo 11 moon mission is being peddled with a false claim that American space agency NASA has released the footage showing a glimpse of Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) Chandrayaan-3 mission to the moon. BOOM found that the video has been present online since 2021 and has no connection to the Chandrayaan-3 mission. The audio that can be heard in the video is also taken from Apollo space program conducted by NASA in the 1960s and 70s. India's ambitious mission to the lunar south pole was successful on Augu...
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By Hazel Gandhi An image purporting to show imprints of the Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) logo and the national emblem on the moon's surface is viral online as real. BOOM found that the image has been made using Photoshop and no such image has been shared by ISRO yet. India became the first country to land on the moon's south pole and the fourth country in the world to land on the moon after Chandrayaan 3's Vikram lander rolled out on the moon's surface on August 23, 2023. The image of the imprint is viral in this context. One caption on X (formerly Twitter) reads, "Image permane...
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By Anmol Alphonso Several old and unrelated videos showing visuals of Earth shot from space are being shared on social media with a false claim that they were captured by Chandrayaan-3. Chandrayaan-3 is the recent Indian lunar exploration mission under the Chandrayaan program of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). It is set to land on the moon's surface on August 23, 2023. In this video, an aerial video of Earth can be seen from space. The video is being shared on X (formerly known as Twitter) with the caption, "Amazing view of earth from space #Chandrayaan3 #isro #nasa" Click here ...
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