
Indian space
research organization (ISRO) set it eyes to achieve what no one else had done
before and its most ambitious project till date was launch of moon mission
Chandrayan2. This was a mission significantly different and unique in
many ways like the choice of soft landing location (South Pole), the low cost
of the project (940 Cr) , the indigenous nature of this program (Made in India
technology) and the scientific objectives of Vikram Lander & Pragyan Rover .
We traveled more than 3 lakh Km in this journey, successfully placed the moon
orbiter and came as close as 2.1 kms to make a soft landing on the surface of
the moon. The communication to the lander was lost just few seconds before the
touchdown and it is...