Colorado [US], ISRO's Chandrayaan-3 mission team received the 2024 John L'Jack Swigert, Jr. Award for Space Exploration, a top award of the US-based Space Foundation. This annual award honors a space agency, company or consortium. o Organizations in the Field of Space Exploration and Discovery The award was presented at the inaugural ceremony of the Space Foundation's annual space symposium in Colorado on April 8. India's Consul General in Houston D Manjunath received the award on behalf of ISRO's Chandrayaan team. John L. Recent winners of the "Jack" Swigert, Jr. Award include the OSIRIS-REx team from NASA and the University of Arizona, the teams behind the NASA JPL MAR Ingenuity helicopter and InSight-Mars Cube One, NASA Dawn, and the Cassini Space Foundation.Founded in 1983, the Assembly is the Assembly for the Global Space Ecosystem, organized by the Space Foundation since 1984, a non-profit organization offering information, education, and collaboration for the global space ecosystem. Earlier in January, the Space Foundation had announced that it had selected the Chandrayaan-3 mission team, India to land the spacecraft on the Moon's south pole, as the recipient of the 2024 John L. "Jack" Swigert Jay Award for Space Exploration. The first was the country. Chandrayaan-3 is a mission developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation. According to the Space Foundation, humanity's space exploration aspirations lie in new and fertile areas for understanding and cooperation. Furthermore, the technological and engineering achievements demonstrated by this mission show the world the undeniable leadership and ingenuity of the people of India in the global space ecosystem.In the press release, Space Foundation CEO Heather Pringle said, "India's leadership in space is an inspiration to the world." The lunar landing is a model for us all, congratulations and we can't wait to see what you do next! A press release issued by the Space Foundation states, "The John L. "Jack" Swiger Jr. Award for Space Exploration recognizes extraordinary achievements by a company, space agency, or consortium of organizations in the field of space exploration and discovery. "The award Respects memory. Astronaut John L. "Jack" Swigert Jr., one of the inspirations for the creation of the Space Foundation. A native of Colorado, Swiger served with retired U.S. Navy Captains James A. Lovell Jr. and Fred Haise on the legendary Apollo 13 lunar mission, which was aborted after a dangerous rupture of an oxygen tank en route to the Moon.''In September last year, Chandrayaan-3 touched down at the uncharted lunar south pole after a 40-day journey in space, making India the first country to do so. India became the fourth country to do so after America, Russia and China.Moon landing mission.