As India successfully placed the ‘Vikram’ lander on the moon’s south pole on Wednesday, greetings poured from every corner of the world. Congress leader Sandeep Dikshit congratulated the ISRO team and said ‘It was like a festival’.
Former Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Fawad Chaudhry, who mocked the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) earlier after the failure of a previous mission, on Wednesday congratulated the ISRO's soft-landing on the lunar South Pole.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday, said that the success of Chandrayaan-3's soft landing on the South Pole of the Moon was not limited to one country but the success of mankind.
Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi has expressed her joy at ISRO creating history with soft landing of Chandrayaan-3 on moon and said “it is a matter of great pride and excitement to all Indians, particularly the younger generation”.
As the greetings poured in on the massive success of India's Chandrayaan-3 mission, Nationalist Congress Party MP Supriya Sule and Tamil Nadu Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin on Thursday expressed glee over the same.
As the country rejoiced the successful placement of the ISRO lander — Vikram — on the moon's uncharted South Pole, the agency's chairman S Somanath on Thursday confirmed that its maiden solar mission 'Aditya' is in the works and will be ready for launch in September.
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday felicitated Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) chief S Somanath after the successful soft landing of Chandrayaan-3 on the moon’s lunar south pole.
Dr Goenka said, “Chandrayaan-3 is set to embark on an extraordinary lunar journey, where its rover will traverse a distance of approximately half a kilometre on the moon's surface over the next 12 days, capturing vital images and data”
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], August 24: Blue Blocks School, in collaboration with IIT Hyderabad's design team, inaugurated its state-of-the-art space lab on August 23rd, coinciding with Chandrayaan 3's landing at 6:04 pm IST.
As india created history by landing Chandrayaan-3 on the moon’s lunar south pole, on Wednesday, Bharatiya Janata Party National General Secretary Tarun Chugh congratulated the ISRO team and scientists.
As India successfully placed the lunar lander, 'Vikram', on the moon's South Pole on Wednesday, becoming the first country to do so, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said the country's space journey began on February 23, 1962 with the formation of INCOSPAR.