The “15 minutes of terror” after which the Chandrayaan 2 ‘s Vikram lander would land on the south pole of the moon and create history, have begun. The moon lander Vikram that separated from its orbiting mothership has already performed two manoeuvres to lower its altitude for a perfect touchdown between 1:30 am and 2:30 am on Saturday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has reached Bengaluru and is currently at the ISRO control room to watch the historic moment.
The rover Pragyan will roll out from the moon lander between 5:30 am and 6:30 am, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said. It will carry out research, including a thorough mapping of the moon’s resources, looking for the presence of water and clicking high-resolution images as well.
The space agency’s Chairman K Sivan has called Chandrayaan 2 the “most complex mission ever undertaken by ISRO”.
Chandrayaan 2 Moon Landing: “Your work is not in vain,” tweets Rahul Gandhi
“Congratulations to the team at #ISRO for their incredible work on the Chandrayaan 2 Moon Mission. Your passion & dedication is an inspiration to every Indian. Your work is not in vain. It has laid the foundation for many more path breaking & ambitious Indian space missions,” tweets Rahul Gandhi.
< class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Congratulations to the team at <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ISRsrc=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ISRO</a> for their incredible work on the Chandrayaan 2 Moon Mission. Your passion & dedication is an inspiration to every Indian. Your work is not in vain. It has laid the foundation for many more path breaking & ambitious Indian space missions. 🇮🇳</p>— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) <a href="https://twitter.com/RahulGandhi/status/1170086983193907200?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 6, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Chandrayaan 2 Moon Landing: “Made every Indian proud,” tweets Amit Shah
“ISRO’s achievement with getting Chandrayaan-2 so far has made every Indian proud. India stands with our committed and hard working scientists at @isro. My best wishes for future endeavours,” tweets Amit Shah.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">ISRO’s achievement with getting Chandrayaan-2 so far has made every Indian proud. <br><br>India stands with our committed and hard working scientists at <a href="https://twitter.com/isro?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@isro</a>.<br><br>My best wishes for future endeavours.</p>— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) <a href="https://twitter.com/AmitShah/status/1170086652385071105?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 6, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This is Mission
Control Centre. <a
href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/VikramLander?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#VikramLander</a>
descent was as planned and normal performance was observed up to an
altitude of 2.1 km. Subsequently, communication from Lander to the
ground stations was lost. Data is being analyzed.<a
href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ISRO?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ISRO</a></p>—
ISRO (@isro) <a
href="https://twitter.com/isro/status/1170086810006900736?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September
6, 2019</a></blockquote>
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