Nasa tweets isro look forward to exploring solar system together

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Washington: NASA has praised India’s historic Chandrayaan-2 mission, saying that the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) effort to make a soft landing of lander ‘Vikram’ on the south pole of the moon has ‘inspired’ it and the US space agency Wants to explore the solar system with its Indian counterpart.

Indian Space Agency ISRO’s mission of soft landing of Chandrayaan-2 Vikram Lander on the lunar surface could not be completed on Saturday as per its planned plan.

The lander lost contact with the ground station at the last minute. According to ISRO officials, the orbiter of Chandrayaan-2 is completely safe and accurate.

NASA tweeted on Saturday, “Space is complex.” We appreciate ISRO’s attempt to land on the moon’s south pole under Chandrayaan 2 mission. You have inspired us with your journey and we are excited about the future opportunities to explore together on our solar system.

Space is hard. We commend @ISRO’s attempt to land their #Chandrayaan2 mission on the Moon’s South Pole. You have inspired us with your journey and look forward to future opportunities to explore our solar system together. https://t.co/pKzzo9FDLL
— NASA (@NASA) September 7, 2019

Former NASA astronaut Jerry Linenger said on Saturday that the experience of India’s “bold attempt” to make a soft landing on the lunar surface of the Vikram lander under the Chandrayaan-2 mission would be helpful in future missions.

Linenger said, ‘We should not be discouraged by this. India is trying to do something which is very difficult. Everything was under the plan before contact with the lander was lost.

According to NASA, only half of the lunar missions related to landing on the lunar surface have been successful in the last six decades.

According to data collected by the agency regarding the moon, a total of 109 moon missions were conducted since 1958, in which 61 were successful.

About 46 missions were associated with landing on the lunar surface, including the rover’s ‘landing’ and ‘sample return’. Of these, 21 were successful, while two were partially successful.

Sample returns are called missions that involve collecting samples and sending them back to Earth. The first successful sample return mission was America’s ‘Apollo 12’ which was launched in November 1969.

From 1958 to 1979, only the US and the former Soviet Union launched lunar missions. In these 21 years, both countries launched 90 campaigns. After this, Japan, European Union, China, India, and Israel also entered the field.

The Luna 9 mission, launched by Russia in January 1966, touched the lunar surface for the first time, and for the first time photographs from the lunar surface were found.

The Apollo 11 expedition was a historic mission through which the first steps of humans fell on the moon.

The three-member expedition was led by Neil Armstrong. From 2000 to 2019, 10 missions were started, out of which five were sent by China, three by the United States and one each by India and Israel.