Chandrayaan-3 landing: Indian cricketers in Ireland watch horic moment unfold | Cricket News
As India’s Moon mission Chandrayaan-3 touched down on the lunar south pole at 6.04 pm on Wednesday, the Indian cricketers who are presently away from the country playing the 3-match T20I series against Ireland were seen watching the horic even unfold.
In a video shared the BCCI, the cricketers led captain Jasprit Bumrah were glued in front of a screen watching the event and burst out in cheers as Chandrayaan-3 landed safely.
Meanwhile, Virat Kohli and Shubman Gill also sent in their congratulations after the horic feat.
🎥 Witnessing Hory from Dublin! 🙌
The moment India’s Vikram Lander touched down successfully on the Moon’s South Pole 🚀#Chandrayaan3 | @isro | #TeamIndia https://t.co/uIA29Yls51 pic.twitter.com/OxgR1uK5uN
— BCCI (@BCCI) August 23, 2023
“Many congratulations to the #Chandrayaan3 team. You have made the nation proud Jai Hind!,” wrote Kohli on Twitter while Gill posted, “Kudos to the brilliant minds at @ISRO for their extraordinary achievement! Congratulations to the #Chandrayaan3 team for their outstanding achievement!”
Many congratulations to the #Chandrayaan3 team. You have made the nation proud 🇮🇳Jai Hind!
— Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) August 23, 2023
Kudos to the brilliant minds at @ISRO for their extraordinary achievement!
Congratulations to the #Chandrayaan3 team for their outstanding achievement! 🇮🇳🇮🇳
— Shubman Gill (@ShubmanGill) August 23, 2023
“The to reach the lunar south pole. That’s got a nice ring to it. A proud moment for each one of us & a big congratulations to @isro for all their efforts,” India skipper Rohit Sharma posted.
🇮🇳 – The to reach the lunar south pole.That’s got a nice ring to it 👏
A proud moment for each one of us & a big congratulations to @isro for all their efforts.
— Rohit Sharma (@ImRo45) August 23, 2023
On Wednesday, India scripted hory as ISRO’s ambitious third Moon mission Chandrayaan-3’s Lander Module (LM) touched down on the lunar surface, making it only the fourth country to accomplish the feat, and first to reach the uncharted south pole of Earth’s only natural satellite.
In a big boost to India’s space prowess, the LM comprising the lander (Vikram) and the 26 kg rover (Pragyan), made the soft landing near the south polar region of the Moon at 6.04 pm,,less than a week after a similar Russian lander crashed.
With this touchdown on moon in second attempt in four years, India has become the fourth country to master the technology of soft-landing on the lunar surface after the US, China and the erstwhile Soviet Union.
Chandrayaan-3 is a follow-on mission to Chandrayaan-2 and its objectives are to demonstrate safe and soft-landing on the lunar surface, roving on the Moon, and to conduct in-situ scientific experiments.Most Read
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Chandrayaan-2 had failed in its lunar phase when its lander ‘Vikram’ crashed into the surface of the Moon minutes before the touch down following anomalies in the braking system in the lander while attempting a landing on September 7, 2019. Chandrayaan’s maiden mission was in 2008.
The Rs 600 crore Chandrayaan-3 mission was launched on July 14 onboard Launch Vehicle Mark-III (LVM-3) rocket, for a 41-day voyage to reach near the lunar south pole.
The soft-landing took place days after Russia’s Luna-25 spacecraft crashed into the Moon after spinning out of control.
