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Published 15:50 IST, July 22nd 2019

Chandrayaan 2 Launch | Steel Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has a specific reason to be happy about ISRO's successful Moon mission launch

Following ISRO's launch of its moon mission, Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas and Steel Dharmendra Pradhan congratulated ISRO. 

Reported by: Shloak Prabhu
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Following ISRO's launch of its moon mission, Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas and Steel Dharmendra Pradhan congratulated ISRO. 

Pradhan took to Twitter and said that human will has always been challenged with the impossible. Yet, it has always tackled and conquered the impossible in magnificent ways. The minister further lauded ISRO for its efforts to put India on a mission to a place where no country has ventured before. Here's his tweet:

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Pradhan asserted that the mission will add to India's understanding of the moon and unearth discoveries that will be beneficial for mankind:

In addition, the Union Minister who also heads the office as Minister of Steel, said that a special kind of steel has been used for Chandrayaan-2:

Prime Minister Narendra Modi too congratulated ISRO after its successful launch. He elaborated on the uniqueness of Chandrayaan2 and how it will explore the unexplored south pole region, which will offer 'new knowledge' about the Moon:

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ISRO launched its moon mission Chandrayaan-2, at the scheduled time of 2:43 PM on July 22 and moments after that tweeted about the successful injection of the 'Bahubali' into Earth's Orbit. This moon-lander and rover mission aims to investigate the unexplored south pole of the moon. With Chandrayaan-2 India is aiming for a soft landing on the Moon:

 

Updated 21:18 IST, July 22nd 2019

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