Sonia Gandhi, a former head of the Congress, wrote to ISRO Chairman S. Somanath on Thursday to express her gratitude for Chandrayaan-3’s accomplishments. She noted that the space agency’s exceptional capabilities have been developed over years of hard work and that its early 1960s commitment to self-reliance has been a major factor in its great successes.
The Congress parliamentary party chief wrote to Somanath to express her delight on the Indian Space Research Organization’s (ISRO) outstanding accomplishment on Wednesday evening. She said she was writing to him to express this to him.
Gandhi added that all Indians, especially the younger generation, should be extremely proud and thrilled about the development.
The Congress parliamentary party chief wrote to Somanath to express her delight on the Indian Space Research Organization’s (ISRO) outstanding accomplishment on Wednesday evening. She said she was writing to him to express this to him. For all Indians, especially the younger generation, it is a source of enormous enthusiasm and pride, according to Gandhi.
The exceptional talents of ISRO have been developed over many years. It has had exceptional leaders, and a culture of teamwork has always been at its core. Gandhi wrote in her letter that the reason it has achieved such remarkable success is because it has been founded on self-reliance since the early 1960s.
She stated, “I extend my warm greetings to each and every member of the ISRO fraternity and wish the entire ISRO fraternity the very best on this momentous occasion.”
India’s Moon mission Chandrayaan-3, which entered the elite club of four and became the first nation to land on the unknown surface, made a significant advancement for its space programme when it landed on the lunar south pole at 6:04 PM on Wednesday.
India became the fourth nation to perfect the technology of soft-landing on the Moon after the US, China, and former Soviet Union with this touchdown on the Moon following a faultless 41-day journey to write history and less than a week after a Russian lander bound to the lunar south pole crashed.
The Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft was successfully landed by India, who also became only the fourth country to ever do a soft landing on the lunar surface. This event changed the course of history. The only other nations to have accomplished a soft landing on the Moon before India were the Soviet Union, the United States, and China.
Now, in one lunar day—equivalent to 14 Earth days—the solar-powered rover Pragyan will travel across the lunar surface and send information back to Earth.
Indian space agency chairman S. Somnath declared, “India is on the Moon,” after the Chandrayaan 3 lander module Vikram touched down on the Moon safely and softly.
According to PM Modi, it is a “historic day for India’s space sector” as he saw the historic achievement from Johannesburg, South Africa.
