After the success of Chandrayaan-3, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday dialled Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chairman S Somanath from South Africa's Johannesburg to congratulate him and said he would soon visit them in Bengaluru to greet the entire team in person.
As India scripted history on Wednesday, with the Chandryaan-3 successfully performing a soft landing on the moon, Union Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw congratulated the Indian scientists on their success.
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar congratulated the ISRO scientists on the success of Chandrayaan-3 and said that it was a moment of great pride and joy for the entire country.
“What an incredible moment! Congratulations to @isro for the successful landing of #Chandrayaan3 on the moon this morning. Today, India became the first country to successfully achieve a soft landing on the southern polar region of the moon.” Pichai tweeted on Wednesday.
Calling the scientists ‘pride of the country’, Shivakumar said that the efforts of all the ISRO scientists and staff who worked hard for the project are unforgettable.
The union minister further hailed Prime Minister Narendra Modi and said, “PM Modi brought in a new space policy, under which 55 spacecraft missions were launched in the last decade.”
After Chandrayaan-3 successfully landed on the Moon's surface, making India the first to land near the Moon's South Pole, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh congratulated the ISRO team.
American astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson on Wednesday congratulated India for landing Chandrayaan-3 on the Moon and for joining Russia, USA and China as the only countries to achieve this feat.
As India scripted history on Wednesday, with the Chandryaan-3 successfully performing a soft landing on the moon, the envoys of Israel, United Kingdom, France, Germany and Australia heaped congratulatory wishes
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Wednesday congratulated the scientists of ISRO for the successful soft landing of Chandrayaan-3 on the South pole of the lunar surface.