The whole country is in a celebratory mood after India’s moon mission ‘Chandrayaan 2’ lifted off from its launch pad. The launch successfully took place at 2.43 pm on Monday from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh.
‘Chandrayaan 2’, a low-cost mission, carrying a billion dreams with itself, that intends at making India the fourth country in the world, after the US, Russia, and China – to complete a soft landing on the Moon. The launch of Chandrayan 2 was delayed by a week due to a technical snag.
The Rs.978 crore mission also brought women power to the fore as it was driven by two-woman scientists of the ISRO–Ritu Karidhal, the mission director and M Vanitha, the Project Director.
Joined by President Ram Nath Kovind and the scientists at ISRO, Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated the scientists and said every Indian is immensely proud of this moment.
It was indeed a moment of pride for the whole country. Within minutes of the launch, social media was filled with heartfelt posts and congratulatory messages for the Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) on this landmark moment.
Several Bollywood stars and prominent personalities took to their twitter and expressed their excitement and happiness over the highly-anticipated mission. They poured in praises for ISRO with their heartfelt tweets and posts.
Here, have a look at how our Bollywood stars celebrated the launch of Chandrayaan 2 :
Karan Johar:
https://twitter.com/karanjohar/status/1153248473757581312
Taapsee Pannu:
https://twitter.com/taapsee/status/1153240416197550080
Raveena Tandon:
Our romance with the moon continues ! #Chandrayaan2theMoon congratulations @isro and team ISRO for giving us this historic moment! You go Baahubali!!🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳 GODSPEED!
— Raveena Tandon (@TandonRaveena) July 22, 2019
Shah Rukh Khan:
Chaand Taare todh laoon. Saari duniya par main Chhaoon! To do that requires hours & hours of painstaking work & integrity & belief. Congratulations to the team at #ISRO for #Chandrayaan2
— Shah Rukh Khan (@iamsrk) July 22, 2019
Akshay Kumar:
#ISRO has yet again accomplished a mammoth feat. Salute to the team who have spent countless days ensuring the success of #Chandrayaan2 @isro
— Akshay Kumar (@akshaykumar) July 22, 2019
Shatrughan Sinha:
Bravo! Applause! India 1st to take a significant step forward by launching #Chandrayaan2, Indian space mission. A step bigger than before. An enormous & stupendous power for woman empowerment as they head it. Best wishes to all @isro. Pride of India 🇮🇳 #Chandrayaan2#GSLVMkIII
— Shatrughan Sinha (@ShatruganSinha) July 22, 2019
R.Madhavvan:
https://www.instagram.com/p/B0NxXlYD8Hn/?utm_source=ig_embed
Amitabh Bachchan:
T 3234 – Driving to Jaisalmer for shooting of 'Reshma aur Shera' in 1969, heard news first Moon landing .. writer Ali Raza with us said 'romance of Moon in poetry gone forever' .. 2019 India launches its Moon initiative .. poetry shall be written on romance of launch forever !🇮🇳 pic.twitter.com/RbjvtGQPZq
— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) July 22, 2019
Ajay Devgn:
#Chandrayaan2 is one of the biggest accomplishments to be engraved in our nation's 🇮🇳 history. Super congratulations to the scientists at @ISRO for their incredible efforts! 🚀
— Ajay Devgn (@ajaydevgn) July 22, 2019
Sunny Deol:
Another giant leap.. Congratulations @isro .#Chandrayaan2 #MoonMission2 pic.twitter.com/hBZWZ3mNbP
— Sunny Deol (@iamsunnydeol) July 22, 2019
Anushka Sharma:
Over a billion dreams rocketing to the moon! And it is so empowering and inspiring to see 2 women helm the project. Ritu Karidhal and Muthayya Vanitha are nothing short of superwomen! A salute to their entire team. @isro #Chandrayaan2
— Anushka Sharma (@AnushkaSharma) July 22, 2019
Urmila Matondkar:
Congratulations team #ISRO on the successful launch of #Chandrayaan2 😍👍🏻 pic.twitter.com/u6hGcbOfB3
— Urmila Matondkar (@UrmilaMatondkar) July 22, 2019
