Former Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman K Sivan on Thursday said that the Chandrayaan 2 mission could not achieve success due to a small error that occured in the year 2019.
An official statement quoted the Dalai Lama as saying, "The successful landing of Chandrayaan-3 is a tribute to the people of India who have devoted their attention to scientific development since ancient times."
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’.
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 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.
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.
The lessons learned from the failure of Chandrayaan-2 contributed to the success of India's third lunar mission, former space scientist with the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) scientist, Nambi Narayanan, said after successful touchdown of the 'Vikram' lander on the lunar South
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.
After a historic soft landing by the Chandrayaan-3 on the southern polar region of the Moon, the Indian diaspora at Times Square in New York, US was seen celebrating the moment.