Prime Minister Narendra Modi lauded the scientists at the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) for the successful landing of Chandrayaan-3. The PM who is in Johannesburg for the BRICS meet, connected virtually. In a big boost to India's space prowess, the LM comprising the lander (Vikram) and the 26 kg rover (Pragyan), made the soft landing near the south polar region of the Moon at 6.04 pm,,less than a week after a similar Russian lander crashed. UPDATES
Congratulating India on the success of the Chandrayaan-3 Mission, PM Modi said, "When we see such historic moments it makes us very proud. This is the dawn of new India." The Chandrayaan-3's landing on the moon is a historic moment and sounds the bugle for a developed India, Modi said.
"Humne dharti par sankalp kiya aur chand pe usse sakaar kiya...India is now on the Moon," says PM Modi and added, "No country has reached there (the South Pole of the moon) before. With the hard work of our scientists we have reached there."
PM Modi said that this is a new flight of new India. "New history has been written," PM Modi said. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had joins ISRO scientists through video link ahead of Chandrayaan's landing on moon.
