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Nasa, global media hail Isro for

successful launch of
Chandrayaan-2
PTI | Updated: Jul 22, 2019, 18:02 IST

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HIGHLIGHTS

Nasa said it was looking forward to know what

Isro learns about the lunar south pole

The successful launch made global headlines,

with leading newspapers lauding India's "huge
leap forward"

The success of Chandrayaan-2 has brought a

huge relief for the Isro scientists after they
postponed the launch on July 15

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WASHINGTON/LONDON: Nasa on Monday

congratulated its Indian counterpart Isro
(Indian Space Research Organisation) on the
successful launch of its second moon mission
Chandrayaan-2 and said it was looking forward
to find out what the Indian space agency learns
about the lunar south pole.

"Congrats to Isro on the launch of

Chandrayaan 2, a mission to study the Moon.
We're proud to support your mission comms
using our Deep Space Network and look
forward to what you learn about the lunar
South pole where we will send astronauts on
our #Artemis mission in a few years," Nasa
(National Aeronautics and Space
Administration) tweeted.

NASA
@NASA

Congrats to @ISRO on the launch of

Chandrayaan 2, a mission to study the Moon.
We're proud to support your mission comms
using our Deep Space Network and look
forward to what you learn about the lunar South
pole where we will send astronauts on our
#Artemis mission in a few years

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The success of Chandrayaan-2 also made

global headlines with a leading US newspaper
writing "India is on its way to the moon",
shortly after Isro's powerful rocket GSLV MkIII
M1 lifted off from the spaceport in Sriharikota
at 2.43pm and successfully placed the 3,850-kg
Chandrayaan-2 into the earth orbit about 16
minutes later.

The launch of Chandrayaan-2 comes close on

the heels of the 50th anniversary of the historic
Apollo 11, when man first landed on the moon,
The Washington Post commented.

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India has also announced its intention of

sending a manned space mission by 2022, the
leading American newspaper noted.

India's low-cost, homegrown technology that

has powered its space programme is a source of
national pride and inspiration, it said.

Quoting experts, the Post said the successful

second attempt so soon after the aborted
launch highlights Isro's confidence in its
technological capabilities, which have not been
hamstrung by its paltry $1.8 billion budget. In
comparison, Nasa received $21.5 billion in
funds this year, the Post noted.

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"If the rest of the mission goes as well, India

will become the fourth nation — after the
United States, Russia and China — to land on
the moon, more than 200,000 miles away. Its
target is a region near the mysterious south
pole, where no other missions have explored,"
The New York Times commented.

"This would be a huge leap forward for India's

ambitious space programme, and scientists
and defence experts everywhere are watching
to see whether the country can pull it off," it
said.

"So are countless Indians. There are few things

as unifying for a nation as a successful space
programme, and, over the past few weeks,
Chandrayaan-2 posters have popped up
everywhere and schoolchildren have been
hunched over rockets made from soda bottles,
learning the physics of rocketry," the report
noted.

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This mission is significant for India - the

country wants to become a major space player
and put Indian astronauts in space by 2022,
CNN commented.

In 2014, India became the first Asian nation to

reach the Red Planet, when it put the
Mangalyaan probe into orbit around Mars. The
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The Guardian, a leading British newspaper,
reported that Chandrayaan-2 aims to become
the first mission to conduct a surface landing
on the lunar south pole region, where it will
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Russia, the US and China, the paper noted.

The Times newspaper of London reported that

India has launched a rocket to the moon,
aiming to become the fourth country to land a
craft on the lunar surface and cement its
emergence as a leading space power.

It is the most complex mission ever attempted

by India's space agency, the BBC commented
while noting that there was applause in the Isro
control room minutes after the launch, as the
rocket took off towards the outer atmosphere.

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Special moments that will be etched in the

annals of our glorious history!

The launch of #Chandrayaan2 illustrates the

prowess of our scientists and the determination
of 130 crore Indians to scale new frontiers of
science.

Every Indian is immensely proud today!

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China's state-run Xinhua news agency gave

extensive coverage to Chandrayaan-2's launch
and reactions of President Ram Nath Kovind
and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

President of India
@rashtrapatibhvn

The historic launch of #Chandrayaan2 from

Sriharikota is a proud moment for all Indians.
Congratulations to our scientists and engineers
for furthering India's indigenous space
programme. May @ISRO continue to master
new technologies, and continue to conquer new
frontiers
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Pakistan's leading newspapers on their

websites displayed the news of the launch by
international news agencies.

Meanwhile, the success of Chandrayaan-2 has

brought a huge relief for the Isro scientists
after they postponed the launch on July 15
following a technical glitch in the rocket.

The Rs 978-crore unmanned mission also

brought woman power to the fore as it was
helmed by two woman scientists of the Isro -
Ritu Karidhal and M Vanitha, the Mission and
Project directors respectively.

The Lander and the Rover are expected to

touch down near the Lunar South Pole in early
September, becoming the first ever spacecraft
to land in that region. The Lunar South Pole
remains unexplored till date.

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