The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is going to launch Chandrayaan-3 on 14th July 2023. A team of ISRO scientists took a miniature model of Chandrayaan-3 to Tirupati Venkatachalapathi temple on 13th July 2023 to pray for the successful launch.
#WATCH | Andhra Pradesh | A team of ISRO scientists team arrive at Tirupati Venkatachalapathy Temple, with a miniature model of Chandrayaan-3 to offer prayers.
— ANI (@ANI) July 13, 2023
Chandrayaan-3 will be launched on July 14, at 2:35 pm IST from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, ISRO had… pic.twitter.com/2ZRefjrzA5
ISRO scientists offer prayers at Tirupati Venkatachalapathi Temple in Andhra Pradesh, a regular affair before every major launch. ISRO is going to launch India’s 3rd lunar mission on 14th July 2023 at 2:35 pm from Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh.
#WATCH | "This is Chandrayaan-3 — our mission to the moon…We have a launch tomorrow," says the team of ISRO scientists after offering prayers at Tirupati Venkatachalapathy Temple in Andhra Pradesh. pic.twitter.com/xkQb1SuX4V
— ANI (@ANI) July 13, 2023
On Tuesday, 11th July 2023, ISRO successfully rehearsed for landing Chandrayaan-3 on the moon. In a tweet, ISRO said that the 24-hour rehearsal of the entire preparation and process of the launch was successfully completed in dummy form. The focus of Chandrayaan-3 is on landing safely on the lunar surface. Earlier, ISRO had launched two missions – Chandrayaan-1 and Chandrayaan-2, but both of them could not land on the surface.
Chandrayaan-3 mission:
— ISRO (@isro) July 11, 2023
The ‘Launch Rehearsal’ simulating the entire launch preparation and process lasting 24 hours has been concluded.
Mission brochure: https://t.co/cCnH05sPcW pic.twitter.com/oqV1TYux8V
The Chandrayaan-3 mission is the next phase of Chandrayaan-2, which will land on the lunar surface and conduct tests. It will have a propulsion module, a lander and a rover. The focus of Chandrayaan-3 is on landing safely on the lunar surface. New equipment has been created for the success of the mission. The algorithm has been improved. The focus has been on the reasons why the Chandrayaan-2 mission could not land on the lunar surface.
The mission will take off from the Sriharikota facility at 2:35 pm on 14th July 2023 and land on the moon on August 23 or 24 if everything goes according to plan. Earlier on Wednesday, an encapsulated assembly containing Chandrayaan-3 was attached with LVM3 at the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota. The successful completion of this mission will make India the fourth country in the world to make a soft landing on the moon after USA, Russia and China.
Liberals mock temple visit by ISRO scientists
As soon as the news of ISRO scientists visiting Tirupati Venkatachalapathi Temple ahead of the Chandrayaan – 3 launch spread, liberals started to mock the activity. Bhavika Kapoor tweeted, “What if Chandrayaan 3 launch doesn’t work? Does God fail? Non-scientific temperament promotion. Idiocy.”
What if chandrayan 3 launch doesn't work ? God fails? Non scientific temperament promotion. Idiocy.
— Bhavika Kapoor ✋ (@BhavikaKapoor5) July 13, 2023
Adolanjeevi posted, “They are praying that Panauti doesnt come over again to take credit for the launch.”
They are praying that #panauti doesnt come over again to take credit for the launch.
— Andolanjeevi (@VixDelhi) July 13, 2023
IRS officer Dr. Kiran Kumar Karlapu, however, took to Twitter to provide lesser-known information about the tradition of visiting temples before a mission launch. He posted, “This has been a tradition for decades. A visit to the Tirumala Venkateswara temple along with prayers at the Chengalamma temple in Sullurpeta is a must for the ISRO scientists before any launch. Chengalamma is considered the Kshetrapalika (protector of the local lands) for Sriharikota.”
This has been a tradition for decades. A visit to the Tirumala Venkateswara temple along with prayers at the Chengalamma temple in Sullurpeta is a must for the ISRO scientists before any launch.
— Dr Kiran Kumar Karlapu (@scarysouthpaw) July 13, 2023
Chengalamma is considered as the Kshetrapalika for Sriharikota https://t.co/YlXXo3crUY pic.twitter.com/2aKZ1GqcH8
The launch of Chandrayaan 3 has come four years after the partial failure of the Chandrayaan-2, whose lander Vikram and rover Pragyaan crashed on the Moon’s surface in the early hours of September 7, 2019.
