Work of a generation of Isro's leadership, scientists, says its chief Somanath

NT Correspondent

Bengaluru: ISRO Chairman S Somanath (in pic) on Wednesday acknowledged the contribution of a generation of leadership and scientists of the country's space agency for the Chandrayaan-3 mission's success, and said the achievement is an "incremental progress" and "a huge one".

Somanath thanked all those who prayed for the mission's success, and ISRO veterans like AS Kiran Kumar , the space agency's former chief.

"They have been helping so much, they were part of the team to help them to get the confidence and get the reviews done, and to ensure that nothing goes with any mistakes," he added.

Noting that this is the work of a generation of ISRO's leadership and scientists, Somanath said, "this is the journey we started with Chandrayaan-1, continued in Chandrayaan-2 and Chandrayaan-2 craft is still working and doing lot of communication work with us-- and all the team that contributed to building Chandrayaan-1 and 2 should be remembered and thanked, while we celebrate Chandrayaan-3." "This is an incremental progress and definitely a huge one," he added.