BCCI took to X, previously generally known as Twitter, to share the video of gamers watching the stay proceedings on TV and cheering after Vikram Lander‘s profitable touchdown.
“Witnessing History from Dublin! The moment India’s Vikram Lander touched down successfully on the Moon’s South Pole,” BCCI posted.
With this landing on moon in second try in 4 years, India has grow to be the fourth nation to grasp the expertise of soft-landing on the lunar floor after the US, China and the erstwhile Soviet Union.
Chandrayaan-3 is a follow-on mission to Chandrayaan-2 and its targets are to display protected and soft-landing on the lunar floor, roving on the Moon, and to conduct in-situ scientific experiments.
Chandrayaan-2 had failed in its lunar part when its lander ‘Vikram’ crashed into the floor of the Moon minutes earlier than the landing following anomalies within the braking system within the lander whereas trying a touchdown on September 7, 2019. Chandrayaan’s maiden mission was in 2008.
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com