Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) veterans who played prominent roles in the space agency’s ambitious moon programme over the years have described the successful landing of the Chandrayaan-3 lander module on the lunar south pole as a remarkable achievement.
Congratulating the ISRO team for taking India to the moon, G. Madhavan Nair, who was Chairman, ISRO, during the 2008 Chandrayaan-1 mission, said the successful soft-landing serves as a ‘‘stepping stone’‘ towards planetary explorations that India may undertake in the future. The ISRO has set a global standard ‘‘by reaching the moon and landing at a designated location at a predetermined time,’‘ Dr. Madhavan Nair, who retired in 2009, said.
V. Adimurthy, former Deputy Director, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), praised the ISRO team led by Chairman S. Somanath for the successful landing. Dr. Adimurthy was part of the Lunar Mission Study Task Force which prepared a study report on the moon programme in the early 2000s.
