On Saturday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi flew directly from the Greek capital Athens to Bengaluru to interact with ISRO scientists on the success of the Chandrayaan-3 mission and announce the decision to name the spot where the lander Vikram landed on the lunar surface For “Shiva Shakti” View”.
He called the success of the Chandrayaan-3 mission a “remarkable moment” in the history of India’s space program and said that the site where the Chandrayaan-2 lander crash-landed on the lunar surface in 2019 will be known as “Tiranga Point.” “.
Addressing the ISRO team at the ISRO Telemetry Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC) on August 23, the day the Chandrayaan-3 lander touched down on the lunar surface, will be celebrated as National Space Day, the prime minister said , he praised their dedication and enthusiasm.
ISRO Chairman S Somanath briefed him on the Chandrayaan-3 mission.
Huge crowds gathered at HAL airport and outside Jalahalli Cross, near ISTRAC, to greet the Prime Minister, many of them waving national flags.
Modi attended the 15th BRICS summit virtually from Johannesburg and joined the ISRO team at ISTRAC’s Mission Operations Center (MOX) on Wednesday night when the lander of the Chandrayaan-3 mission successfully touched down on the lunar surface.
Modi also flew to Bengaluru on the evening of September 6, 2019 to watch the planned landing of the Chandrayaan-2 mission’s Vikram lander.
But in the early hours of September 7, just minutes before its scheduled touchdown, ISRO lost contact with the spacecraft, just 2.1 kilometers from the lunar surface.
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