After the success of India’s Chandrayaan-3, Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his address to the scientists of the Indian Space Research Organisation at the space agency’s headquarters in Bengaluru named the landing point of the Vikram Lander as ‘Shivshakti’.
ISRO’s Chandrayaan-3 successfully made a soft-landing on the south pole of the moon, making India the first nation to do.
The prime minister — arrived in Bengaluru early on Saturday- to meet and address the team of ISRO scientists involved in the Chandrayaan-3 mission. He said that India achieved something that nobody has done before, “India is on the moon". He said that the national pride has been placed on the moon, adding that, this is the new India.
Thanking the scientists and their team for their hard work in making the mission a success, an emotional prime minister said, “I salute your hard work, salute to your dedication and your team."
He said that the happiness that the nation felt after being nervous for the landing of the Vikram Lander, the prime minister said, “every Indian felt like they passed a big exam."
He said that till today, the nation has been getting congratulatory messages for the success of its moon mission, Chandrayaan-3, adding that, all this is because of the scientists.