Chandrayaan-3: When PM Modi hugged, consoled emotional ex-ISRO chief after Chandrayaan-2 glitch
Hindustan TimesThe Indian Space Research Organisation or ISRO is set to send Chandrayaan-3 to the far side of the Moon on Friday afternoon in a follow-up mission to its failed effort nearly four years ago to land a rover softly on the lunar surface. Prime Minister Narendra Modi hugged and consoled then ISRO chief K Sivan after he broke down in Bengaluru after Chandrayaan 2's Vikram lander lost contact in the final minutes. While all eyes are on the Chandrayaan-3 launch, the visuals of Prime Minister Narendra Modi hugging and patting K Sivan, the former chief of ISRO, are still fresh in many of our memories. Chandrayaan-2's failure The ISRO’s plan to soft land Chandrayaan-2’s Vikram module on the Lunar surface did not go as per script, with the lander losing communication with ground stations during its final descent.