Akshay Kumar, Taapsee Pannu, Sonakshi Sinha congratulate ISRO as ‘Chandrayaan 2’ enters lunar orbit

As the Indian Space Research Organisation’s ‘Chandrayaan 2’ entered the moon’s orbit on Tuesday, several Bollywood celebs took to their social media handles to congratulate ISRO on its success.

The official handle of ISRO announced the great news and also informed that lander Vikram will soft-land on Moon on September 7, 2019.

https://twitter.com/isro/status/1163675516898910209?s=20

Soon, congratulations started pouring in for the entire team of ISRO. Akshay Kumar retweeted ISRO’s announcement.

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Whereas Akshay’s ‘Mission Mangal’ co-star Taapsee Pannu congratulated ISRO by using her film’s dialogue.

https://twitter.com/taapsee/status/1163726959718780928?s=20

Veteran filmmaker Shekhar Kapur too gave his good wishes.

https://twitter.com/shekharkapur/status/1163779941818871809

‘Mission Mangal’ actress Sonakshi Sinha too expressed her happiness.

https://twitter.com/sonakshisinha/status/1163773369222881280?s=20

Anupam Kher shared the lyrics of Salman’s hit song ‘Suno Gaur Se Duniya Walo’ to congratulate ISRO.

https://twitter.com/AnupamPKher/status/1163792783091650561?s=20

Several other eminent personalities like Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Anand Mahindra (the Chairman of Mahindra Group) also sent in their best wishes to ISRO’s team.

Congratulations to Team @isro on #Chandrayaan2 entering the Moon’s orbit. This is an important step in the landmark journey to the Moon.

Best wishes for its successful culmination.

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) August 20, 2019

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽 And the journey is the destination, @isro We love the ride you’re taking us on. Don’t ever cease your exploration…Next stop, Mars… https://t.co/7rRrArHVNg

— anand mahindra (@anandmahindra) August 20, 2019

There’s another fact that is a major highlight of ‘Chandrayaan 2’. It was led by two women scientists of ISRO, a first in India’s history. Akshay Kumar had earlier shared this fact in one of his tweets.

India’s second space mission to the moon, #Chandrayaan2 is led by two women scientists of @isro , a first in India’s history! Sending my best to the rocket women and #ISRO team, more power to you! pic.twitter.com/AX6e8335YK

— Akshay Kumar (@akshaykumar) July 14, 2019

India’s second lunar mission, ‘Chandrayaan 2’, is headed by Muthyya Vanitha as Project Director and Ritu Karidhal as Mission Director. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)’s Chairman K Sivan revealed in a press conference that 30% of ‘Chandrayaan 2’ team are women.

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