We went via a number of ache and agony, says area chief as ISRO now eyes Mars touchdown

By PTI

BENGALURU: ISRO Chairman S Somanath on Wednesday toasted the success of the Chandrayaan-3 mission, crediting it to the “ache and agony” of all of the scientists who persevered on it, and expressed confidence that the area company would equally land a spacecraft on Mars within the coming years.

He additionally acknowledged the contribution of a era of management by the scientists of the nation’s area company for the Chandrayaan-3 mission’s success”.

The journey to the Moon is hard and soft-landing is tough for any nation to realize right now even with the development of expertise, he mentioned, stating that India achieved it in simply two missions.

Chandrayaan-2, the primary mission with the target of sentimental touchdown on the Moon had a slim miss, whereas the Chandrayaan-3 mission was completely executed.

Chandrayaan-1’s goal was solely to position an an unmanned spacecraft in an orbit across the Moon.

“It (success of Chandrayaan-3 mission) gives us confidence to configure missions to not only go to the Moon, but also to go to Mars, sometimes (perhaps) land on Mars, may be in future go to Venus and other planets,” he mentioned.

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Key scientists behind Chandrayaan-2 had been additionally a part of the Chandrayaan-3 crew, he mentioned.

“Most of the people who were with Chandrayaan-2 are with us helping us to do Chandrayaan-3. They are a part of this, they have gone through such agony. The technology that we have in Chandrayaan-3 is no less complex or inferior to any other technology that goes to the Moon. So, we have the best of the sensors of the world, best in class (equipment) in Chandrayaan-3,” he mentioned, explaining that it was a very ‘Made-in-India’ mission utilizing world-class parts.

Conveying the greetings of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the ISRO crew, he mentioned, “The Honourable PM called me and conveyed his greetings to each one of you and your family for the wonderful work you did in ISRO.”

”Speaking in regards to the assist from the federal government to pursue additional area missions, each scientific in addition to industrial, he mentioned, “”Thanks to him (PM) for the support he is giving to us for missions like Chandrayaan-3 and missions that are in the offing. That’s the great word of comfort that we are receiving for pursuing the inspirational work that we are doing for the nation.”

”The ISRO chief mentioned the Prime Minister is “very, very clear in regards to the long-term imaginative and prescient, and desires to make it possible for we stay very, very dominant within the space of area exploration and science”.

Addressing the ISRO crew on the Mission Operations Complex, he thanked all those that prayed for the mission’s success, and specifically named ISRO veterans like A S Kiran Kumar (former ISRO chief).

“They have been helping so much, they were part of the team to help them (team) to get the confidence and get the reviews done, and to ensure that nothing goes with any mistakes,” he mentioned.

India on Wednesday scripted historical past as ISRO’s bold third Moon mission Chandrayaan-3’s Lander Module (LM) touched down on the lunar floor, making it solely the fourth nation to perform the feat, and the primary to achieve the uncharted south pole of Earth’s solely pure satellite tv for pc.

The LM comprising the lander (Vikram) and the 26 kg rover (Pragyan) made the smooth touchdown close to the south polar area of the Moon this night.

Noting that that is the work of a era of ISRO’s management and scientists, Somanath mentioned, “This is the journey we started with Chandrayaan-1, continued in Chandrayaan-2 and Chandrayaan-2 craft is still working and doing a lot of communication work with us.”

He added, “All the team that contributed to building Chandrayaan-1 and 2 should be remembered and thanked, while we celebrate (the success of) Chandrayaan-3. This is an incremental progress and definitely a huge one.”

BENGALURU: ISRO Chairman S Somanath on Wednesday toasted the success of the Chandrayaan-3 mission, crediting it to the “ache and agony” of all of the scientists who persevered on it, and expressed confidence that the area company would equally land a spacecraft on Mars within the coming years.

He additionally acknowledged the contribution of a era of management by the scientists of the nation’s area company for the Chandrayaan-3 mission’s success”.

The journey to the Moon is hard and soft-landing is tough for any nation to realize right now even with the development of expertise, he mentioned, stating that India achieved it in simply two missions.googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2′); );

Chandrayaan-2, the primary mission with the target of sentimental touchdown on the Moon had a slim miss, whereas the Chandrayaan-3 mission was completely executed.

Chandrayaan-1’s goal was solely to position an an unmanned spacecraft in an orbit across the Moon.

“It (success of Chandrayaan-3 mission) gives us confidence to configure missions to not only go to the Moon, but also to go to Mars, sometimes (perhaps) land on Mars, may be in future go to Venus and other planets,” he mentioned.

ALSO READ | India’s moon second is right here: A small step for Chandrayaan-3, an enormous leap for our nation

Key scientists behind Chandrayaan-2 had been additionally a part of the Chandrayaan-3 crew, he mentioned.

“Most of the people who were with Chandrayaan-2 are with us helping us to do Chandrayaan-3. They are a part of this, they have gone through such agony. The technology that we have in Chandrayaan-3 is no less complex or inferior to any other technology that goes to the Moon. So, we have the best of the sensors of the world, best in class (equipment) in Chandrayaan-3,” he mentioned, explaining that it was a very ‘Made-in-India’ mission utilizing world-class parts.

Conveying the greetings of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the ISRO crew, he mentioned, “The Honourable PM called me and conveyed his greetings to each one of you and your family for the wonderful work you did in ISRO.”

”Speaking in regards to the assist from the federal government to pursue additional area missions, each scientific in addition to industrial, he mentioned, “”Thanks to him (PM) for the support he is giving to us for missions like Chandrayaan-3 and missions that are in the offing. That’s the great word of comfort that we are receiving for pursuing the inspirational work that we are doing for the nation.”

”The ISRO chief mentioned the Prime Minister is “very, very clear in regards to the long-term imaginative and prescient, and desires to make it possible for we stay very, very dominant within the space of area exploration and science”.

Addressing the ISRO crew on the Mission Operations Complex, he thanked all those that prayed for the mission’s success, and specifically named ISRO veterans like A S Kiran Kumar (former ISRO chief).

“They have been helping so much, they were part of the team to help them (team) to get the confidence and get the reviews done, and to ensure that nothing goes with any mistakes,” he mentioned.

India on Wednesday scripted historical past as ISRO’s bold third Moon mission Chandrayaan-3’s Lander Module (LM) touched down on the lunar floor, making it solely the fourth nation to perform the feat, and the primary to achieve the uncharted south pole of Earth’s solely pure satellite tv for pc.

The LM comprising the lander (Vikram) and the 26 kg rover (Pragyan) made the smooth touchdown close to the south polar area of the Moon this night.

Noting that that is the work of a era of ISRO’s management and scientists, Somanath mentioned, “This is the journey we started with Chandrayaan-1, continued in Chandrayaan-2 and Chandrayaan-2 craft is still working and doing a lot of communication work with us.”

He added, “All the team that contributed to building Chandrayaan-1 and 2 should be remembered and thanked, while we celebrate (the success of) Chandrayaan-3. This is an incremental progress and definitely a huge one.”