As India entered an elite club of nations with its successful lunar landing mission on Wednesday, several political leaders came forward to congratulate ISRO scientists involved with the historic Chandrayaan-3 project.
As India entered an elite club of nations with its successful lunar landing mission on Wednesday, President Droupadi Murmu posted a congratulatory message for the ISRO scientists involved with the Chandrayaan-3 project.
Associate Project Director of the Chandrayaan 3 mission Kalpana said that it was a memorable moment for her and for the whole team after the Vikram lander carrying the Pragyaan rover in its belly touched down on the lunar surface.
As India celebrated the successful landing of the Chandrayaan-3 lander module on the moon’s South Pole, the Chief Minister of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee, on Wednesday expressed pride in India’s scientific and technological progress and said “Hail India, Jai Hind!”.
Delhi Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena commends the historic achievement as the Vikram lander and Pragyan rover successfully touch down on the uncharted South Pole of the Moon.
The ambitious third lunar mission of ISRO-- Chandrayaan-3 -- on Wednesday made a successful soft-landing on the moon, making India only the fourth country-- after US, China, and Russia-- to do so and the first to reach its uncharted south pole.
Congratulating the team of ISRO for the success of the Chandrayaan-3 mission, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das on Wednesday said that where there is will and determination, even the moon is not too far.
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.
As the lander module of the Chandrayaan-3 made a soft landing near the South pole of the moon, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Wednesday shared images of the lunar surface from Vikram during the descent.
Taking to social media platform X, formerly called Twitter, the Indian Space Research Organisation said, "India is on the moon. Appreciations and thanks for all the contributions from India and abroad to this ISRO-turned-National endeavour called Chandrayaan-3."
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Wednesday shared the image of the site of the lunar surface, where Vikram, the lander module of Chandrayaan-3, landed.