Press Release Azad Congratulates ISRO and the people of Country on the Successful Entry of Mangalyaan in Martian Orbit; Calls it an Outcome of Hard Work of Years As the world watched with bated breath, India’s maiden Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM)/ Mangalyaan - successfully entered Martian orbit today at its stipulated time with the final nudge that it received from ISRO scientists. Close on the heels of NASA’s MAVEN making successful entry into Martian orbit yesterday, India became the first Asian country and ISRO became the fourth space agency in the world to accomplish this rare feat. Prior to this NASA, European Space Agency and Russia have been successful in landing or orbiting Red Planet, but not in the first attempt. Heartily congratulating the Chairman ISRO, Dr K. Radhakrishnan and his entire team of scientists associated with this prestigious project for achieving this historic feat of successfully inserting a spacecraft in martian orbit, Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha, Sh Ghulam Nabi Azad has said that it’s the outcome of persistent hardwork and enduring perseverance of our scientists. Sh Azad said that MOM is an end-to-end indigenous enterprise, developed and successfully launched by our illustrious scientists at ISRO, thus marking our entry into the select club of countries who have mastered such advance technologies. Calling it a national accomplishment having global ramifications, Sh Azad said that today’s achievement of our space mission has raised our status and esteem in the comity of nations considering the fact that out of the 51 such missions only 21 have succeeded, with none in the first attempt. Sh Azad further said that India could achieve this unprecedented success in the first attempt which speaks volumes about the unmatched brilliance, remarkable abilities and unflinching commitment of our scientific community. “Our head bows to our talented scientists at ISRO for accomplishing this outstanding feat. We are proud of you”, remarked Sh Azad. Sh Azad said that though it is an event to be celebrated by the nation, yet this is to remind the people that such landmark achievement is a befitting reply to that class of politicians who keep claiming that nothing has happened in last sixty years, and still never let go any opportunity to take credit without being willing to share the credit with those who had the vision to nurture world class institutions, capable of creating history. He further added that after the recent success of PSLV- C23, MOM is another feather in the cap of ISRO, and the nation is waiting for the launch of GSLV scheduled for November/December ever since its experimental launch in January 2014.
Posted on: Wed, 24 Sep 2014 05:38:20 +0000
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