During an interaction with the prime minister, one of the boys asked what he should do to become the country's President. ''My aim is to become the President of India. What steps should I follow?'' the boy asked PM Modi.
PM Modi, who flew to Bengaluru on Friday night to watch the planned touch down of the Vikram lander, hugged ISRO chief K. Sivan as he broke down and patted him on the back after a speech at the space agency headquarters.
"Hum honge kamayab, mann me hai vishwas, poora hai vishwas hum honge kamyaab ek din," this is how President Ram Nath Kovind summed up his thoughts on the Chandrayan-2 mission on Saturday.
The lander lost communication with ground stations during its final descent. ISRO officials said, adding that the orbiter of Chandrayaan-2 -- second lunar mission -- remains heathy and safe.
The Chandrayaan 2 orbiter, which has the life span of one year, intact and safe. It will continue to study and take pictures of the Moon's surface for the newest one year. The orbiter can also take picture of Vikram lander to find out its status too. The rover, Pragyaan inside the lander had a lifespan of only 14 days.
Reacting to the trolls, Tweeple slammed Pakistani handles for short-sightedness and unable to understand the significance of this mission for the sub-continent.
"Modi asked the boys and girls from schools and colleges if they made friends and have learnt a lot from each other. He also asked them what they would tell at home when they go back about the Chandrayaan-2 mission despite a setback due to loss of communication link between Vikram and the space agency's ground stations," an official said.
"For last few hours the entire nation was worried. Everyone stands in solidarity with our scientists. We are proud of our space program. Today our resolve to touch the moon has grown even stronger," PM Modi said.
"The orbiter is healthy, intact, functioning normally and safely in the Lunar orbit
In a huge disappointment, communications from Chandrayaan-2’s Vikram lander to ISRO’s ground station here was lost before touchdown while the nation eagerly awaited its soft landing on the hitherto unexplored lunar south pole in the early hours of Saturday.
PM Modi's emotional reassurance to ISRO Chief K Sivan after he broke down
According to an ISRO official, the Chandrayaan orbiter is safe and healthy in the lunar orbit. ISRO Chief Sivan informed the nation that the data is being analysed and the team is looking into the reason and causes of the lost communications.
The 1,471-kg lander of Chandrayaan-2 -- first Indian mission to explore the lunar terrain with home-grown technology -- is named Vikram after Dr Vikram A Sarabhai, the father of the Indian space programme. The lander was designed to execute a soft landing on the lunar surface and to function for one lunar day, which is equivalent to about 14 earth days.
"The orbiter is healthy, intact, functioning normally and safely in the Lunar orbit," the official told PTI
The lander, Vikram - named after the India's space pioneer Vikram Sarabhai - was supposed to land on the moon's surface at 1:55 am following what ISRO had described as "15 minutes of terror".
India's moon lander Vikram might have lost communication with the orbiter, but people have not lost hopes. Several Bollywood celebrities took to Twitter to appreciate ISRO's effort and show solidarity with them after the last stage snag.
Even though it had a successful journey for the last 48 days, the Vikram lander of the Chandrayaan-2 failed to make a smooth soft-landing, unable to bring down its speed to the required level as the ISRO Telemetry in Bengaluru stopped receiving data from the lander.
Chandrayaan-2: Netizens boost morale of ISRO scientists asking the space agency not to get disheartened after Vikram Lander lost signal.
Morale boosting messages poured in from various quarters for ISRO as several leaders asked the space agency not to get disheartened after Chandrayaan-2's Vikram lander lost contact with ground stations minutes before its planned touchdown on the lunar surface.
Pakistan's science and technology minister Fawad Chaudhry became the centre of all trolls (yet again) after he spells 'sattelite' incorrect when he tried to go full throttle in trolling India. This, however, was not the first time Chaudhry has hit an own goal.
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