PM Modi, Sachin Tendulkar Commend ISRO for Successful Launch of ‘Chandrayaan 3’

New Delhi, 14th July 2023: On Friday, the Chandrayaan-3 rocket lifted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota for a month-long expedition to the moon. Chandrayaan-3 is India’s third lunar mission, undertaken with the goal of researching and testing new technologies needed for interplanetary expeditions.

Many social media users congratulated the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on the feat and the successful launch of Chandrayaan-3.

PM Narendra Modi tweeted around 3pm on Friday and wrote, “Success! #Chandrayaan3 has soared into the sky, carrying our dreams and aspirations to new heights! Congratulations to @isro and the dedicated team behind this remarkable achievement. We eagerly await the discoveries and insights that await us on the lunar surface!”

Cricketer and Icon Sachin Tendulkar also took to Twitter and congratulated ISRO. He said, “ISRO’s payloads carry the dreams, pride and belief of 1.4 billion Indians. Chandrayaan-3 launch swells all our hearts with pride. Congratulations to all our scientists for their untiring efforts. Memorable day for all Indians. Jai Hind!”

Union Minister Piyush Goyal was also among people who showed their support for the lunar mission. He wrote on Twitter, “Over the moon! Proud of our dedicated scientists at #ISRO for the successful launch of Chandrayaan-3 mission. A whole new era begins in India’s space exploration programme.”

ISRO Chairman S Somnath also spoke on the occasion and said, “Chandrayaan-3 has started its journey towards the moon. Our dear LVM3 has already put Chandrayaan-3 craft into the precise around earth…Let us wish all the best for the Chandrayaan-3 craft to make its farther orbit raising manoeuvres and travel towards the moon in the coming days…”

While speaking with ANI he also added, “..nutshell, if you tell what was the problem in Chandrayaan-2, it is simple to say that the ability to handle parameter variation or dispersion was very limited. So, what we did this time is simply expand it further. Look at what are the things that can go wrong. So, instead of a success-based design in Chandrayaan-2, we are doing a failure-based design in Chandrayaan-3. What all can fail, and how to protect it – this is the approach that we have taken..”