Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be visiting the ISRO Headquarters at Bengaluru to witness the final descent of Chandrayaan-2 on to the Lunar South Pole on Saturday. Modi will also be interacting with the winners of the Space Quiz conducted for students of grades 8th to 10th across India during the event, according to a statement here on Friday. As a Prime Minister who has a deep appreciation of Science and its achievements, Modi’s visit to ISRO would be a boost to the morale of the Indian Space Scientists and an inspiration to the young to develop an innovative mind and inquiring spirit. Showing his personal interest in the Chandrayaan-2 Mission, Modi termed it as ”Indian at heart, Indian in spirit! What would make every Indian overjoyed is the fact that is a fully indigenous mission.”
ISRO, in a statement, said, ”The lander Vikram is scheduled to powered descent between 0100 and 0200 hrs IST on September 7, 2019, which is then followed by touch down of Lander between 0130 and 0230 hrs IST.”
Special pujas will be performed at the famous Thingalur Chandran (Moon) temple, one of the nine
Navagraha temples, in Thanjavur district of Tamil Nadu in the evening, praying for the successful landing of Chandrayaan-2’s Lander Vikram on the moon’s south pole.(UNI)
