"Yet another milestone": Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar congratulates ISRO on its launch success

After the successful launch of ISRO's moon mission Chandrayaan-2, Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar took to Twitter to congratulate ISRO for the success. Tendulkar called the launch yet another milestone for ISRO. He added that the successful launch of  Chandrayaan-2 will pave way for many more ambitious and successful missions in the future. He ended the tweet with the slogan "Jai Hind."

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ISRO launched its moon mission Chandrayaan-2, at the scheduled time of 2:43 PM on Monday, July 22, from Sriharikota. This moon-lander and rover mission aims to investigate the unexplored south pole of the Earth's moon. With Chandrayaan-2 India is aiming at a soft landing on the Moon, which, if successful, would make India just the fourth country after US, Russia and China to accomplish the feat. Due to a technical glitch, ISRO had delayed its launch on July 15. However, about 15 minutes after the launch on Monday, ISRO confirmed that the Chandrayaan-2 had successfully entered Earth's orbit.

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Dubbed as the most challenging mission undertaken by the ISRO, Chandrayaan 2 is a continuation of India's space exploration programs. In the past, with Chandrayaan -1 and Mangalyaan, India has boosted its confidence and with Chandrayaan-2, it takes a lead to explore the unexplored. The main aim of the Chandrayaan 2 is to attempt to make a soft-land on the Moon's surface, the aim is to make lander -Vikram and rover- Pragyan in a high plain between two craters, Manzinus C and Simpelius N, at a latitude of about 70° south.

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