CHANDRAYAAN-3 BEFRIENDS CHANDAMAMA
FROM SAMPATH’S DESK: CHANDRAYAAN-3 BEFRIENDS CHANDAMAMA What a moment for India and ISRO! The intellectual-cum-technological journey of India's Chandrayaan-3 from July 14 to August 23 ended in a touchdown on the moon! Ever since the failure of Chandrayaan-2 and for the past four years or so, Indian space scientists have been walking and talking Chandrayaan all the time. Gigantic spadework and groundwork were carried out by them round the clock till 6.04 PM on August 23, when ISRO (Indian Space Research Organization) successfully plunged into a giant and spectacular leap making the Vikram Lander soft-land on the moon. The challenging and stupendous task was to overcome the last 19 thriller terror minutes. Science, prowess, grit, and above all, the prayers of millions of people of the world in general, and Indians, in particular, paid this time. As the whole world watched the soft-landing with ...