Chandrayaan 1: A look back at India’s historic lunar mission
Let's take a look at the timeline, objectives, and achievements of this historic mission.
Let's take a look at the timeline, objectives, and achievements of this historic mission.
On September 7, ISRO attempted a soft landing of Chandrayaan-2's lander Vikram on the unchartered lunar south pole, before losing contact.
President Ram Nath Kovind praised the 'exemplary courage and commitment' of ISRO and said that the country was proud of it.
PM Modi, who met K Sivan at the ISRO Centre in Bengaluru, hugged and consoled the ISRO Chief after he broke down.
After the announcement, Prime Minister Narendra Modi patted the ISRO chief on his back and told the scientists that 'what you have done (already) is not a small achievement'.
In a significant step for India’s moon mission, Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft was successfully placed in the moon’s orbit on August 20 in a nerve-wracking manoeuvre.
The precise lunar orbit insertion manoeuvre was carried out at 9 am for about 30 minutes and Chandrayaan-2 was precisely inserted in the defined orbit, ISRO chief K Sivan told the media.
Chandrayaan-2, India’s second moon mission spacecraft, lifted off successfully onboard the 'Bahubali' rocket from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota in Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh on July 22.
The rocket carrying Chandrayaan-2 was originally scheduled to lift off on July 15 early morning but was aborted after a 'technical snag' was observed in it.
The announcement comes a day after the fault in the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle-Mark III (GSLV-Mk III) was rectified.
