Chandrayaan-3 success connected with hearts of people: ISRO chief Somanath

ISRO Chairman S Somanath on Sunday said the success of the Chandrayaan-3 mission connected with the hearts of the people and the successful soft landing on the Moon was a “moment of glory for Indians.”. With India becoming the fourth nation to land on the Moon and the first to make a soft landing on the south pole of the lunar surface, he said, it was not a ‘small accomplishment.’. “Chandrayaan-3 created an emotional exuberance in the minds of youngsters, children, and to people who study science and technology. We were able to showcase the whole of accomplishment to the entire country driven by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s directives to make sure the success must go to everybody,” he said. The Secretary of the Department of Space made those comments during a session ‘Unlocking the potential of Aerospace and Defence Sector through the Economy’ organised on the lines of the Global Investors Meet (GIM2024) by the Tamil Nadu government here. “See Chandrayaan-3 actually connected with the hearts of the people. We were able to do that. The landing on the Moon was not a scientific event for everybody. It was a moment of glory for entire Indians”, he said. Observing that the mission was developed entirely by India with ‘home-grown’ knowledge and ‘technology’, he said, “it is high end scientific accomplishment. We are the fourth to land on the Moon and the very first to land on the South Pole. It is not a small accomplishment.”