"India is on the moon!" Prime Minister Narendra Modi who is currently attending the 15th BRICS Summit in Johannesburg said. He watched the live telecast and as soon as the touchdown happened he sported a big smile and waved the tricolour.
Chandrayaan-3 mission’s soft-landing on the moon is being telecast live on the ISRO website with students across the country watching Automatic Landing Sequence (ALS) and history being made.
Students of Hansraj Public School from Bihar's Gaya made various posters and organised a special program dedicated to the successful landing of India's third lunar mission, Chandrayaan 3.
Hours after a major mishap was averted at the Delhi airport as almost simultaneous permission for take-off and landing was given to two Vistara flights, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has de-rostered Air Traffic Controller for the lapse
"It is a proud moment for India because the emphasis has been given to engineering technology in the country since independence...I want to give my best wishes to the scientists and I pray for the success of Chandrayaan-3..." the senior AAP leader said.
Special prayers were offered at the Ajmer Sharif dargah, a Sufi shrine of Moinuddin Chishti in Rajasthan's Ajmer for the successful landing of Chandrayaan-3's Lander Module on the Moon.
Few hours left in India’s Chandrayaan-3 mission, to achieve a soft landing on the lunar surface. Riteish Deshmukh and Genelia are super excited and can’t wait to witness this.
“We are proud that ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation) scientists are striving for the successful landing of Chandrayaan on the Moon. We pray to God for their success. But there are reports in the newspapers that the scientists who have done this have not received their salari
Speaking to ANI, hours before the soft landing of the Chandrayaan-3 lunar module, Dr Surendra Pal, said, "I am confident just like the ISRO scientists that we will do much better because a lot of changes have been done as compared to Chandrayaan 2".