I have no doubt ISRO team will make it happen one day: Bhutan PM tweets on Chandrayaan 2
New Delhi, Sept 7 (IBNS): Just hours after communication with the Chandrayaan 2 lander was lost, Bhutanese PM Lotay Tshering on Saturday came out to encourage Indian scientists and said the country will achieve the mission one day.
"We are proud of India and its scientists today. Chandrayaan-2 saw some challenges last minute but the courage and hard work you have shown are historical. Knowing Prime Minister @narendramodi , I have no doubt he and his ISRO team will make it happen one day," the PM tweeted.
We are proud of India and its scientists today. Chandrayaan-2 saw some challenges last minute but the courage and hard work you have shown are historical. Knowing Prime Minister @narendramodi, I have no doubt he and his ISRO team will make it happen one day.
— PM Bhutan (@PMBhutan) September 7, 2019
While India waited with bated breath to watch live the landing of Chandrayaan 2 on lunar surface, disappointment greeted them in the wee hours of Saturday when ISRO Chairman after tense moments said they have lost communication with Lander Vikram at the last stage (2.1 km above the Moon's surface). It cannot be said if the mission is a complete failure at this stage as ISRO scientists hope for a miracle.
"VikramLander descent was as planned and normal performance was observed up to an altitude of 2.1 km. Subsequently, communication from Lander to the ground stations was lost. Data is being analyzed," said a rather grim-faced Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chief K Sivan.
India was expecting to script a space history by becoming the first nation to reach closest to the Moon's south pole.
India remained glued to the television sets and internet and platforms on social media to watch the proud moment live while at the ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation) mission control room in Bengaluru, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India's galaxy of space scientists and some 70-odd students from across the country and even Bhutan were present to witness the event.
The Chandrayaan 2 soft landing on the lunar surface was to occur at 1:55 am on Saturday.
The moon lander Vikram, which separated from its orbiting mothership, earlier performed two manoeuvres.
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