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RNI Regn. No. CHHENG/2012/42718, Postal Reg. No. - RYP DN/34/2013-2015 C$ ! +8 +! +8 8 )*")# +,-. :1 2 '"( ))) (;< :" 6 " "0=?726?,$6,=@ ,7"=,76 "$>"26$ "$"1?="26 6$>6$6>,=,"1 ,=7"7?.62A=,, 267,= 56,1"6 216"76 /$ ,/&012,3.B #""$"5 " "I didn't want to add to '65"1 7 86#$619, your stress by being around when I saw that things didn't go otwithstanding ISRO's exactly as planned, which is P Nambitious bid to create why I left and gave you all some history falling at the last hur- time to gather your thoughts dle, the entire nation — that and emotions," PM Modi told had kept awake through the the scientists in his second night to witness the historic address in less than six hours. moment of Vikram's soft land- "We came very close but we ing on the unexplored south need to cover more ground in pole of the Moon — backed the the times to come. Learning % 6#$619, moon was planned by the US space agency to the hilt even as from today will make us in August 17, 1958, but the scientists on Saturday main- stronger and better. The nation hat India's second moon launch of Pioneer 0 was unsuc- tained that Chandrayaan-2 is proud of our space pro- Tmission did not go as per the cessful. achieved 90-95 percent of its gramme and scientists. The script isn't the first such instance The first successful mis- mission objectives. best is yet to come in our space globally. Only half of the lunar sion to the moon was Luna 1 ! In fact, ISRO said programme. There are new missions involving landing on by the USSR on January 4, Chandrayaan-2's orbiter, whose frontiers to discover and new moon surface have succeeded in 1959. It was also the first "#$# % & mission life was planned for places to go. India is with you," the last six decades, as per the 'Moon flyby' mission. The suc- just one year, could now last for Modi said adding the nation is US space agency NASA's 'Moon cess had come only in the sixth seven years due to the precise proud of the scientists and Fact Sheet'. mission. ! launch and mission manage- stands with them. There have been a total of From 1958 to 1979, only the ( ment and it will help in the ISRO had planned to make 109 lunar missions from 1958, US and the USSR (now Russia) understanding of the Moon's India the first country to out of which 61 were success- launched Moon missions. In ) evolution, mapping of its min- achieve a soft landing on the ful, according to NASA. these 21 years, the two countries erals and water molecules in south pole on the grounds that As many as 46 missions launched 90 missions. ( the Polar Regions. ISRO chief the lunar surface area that involved landing on the lunar There was a lull in the * ( K Sivan attributed the exten- remains in shadow there is surface, including landing of decade that followed with no sion of lifespan to the "extra much larger than that at the the rover and sample return. lunar missions from 1980-89. fuel" right now available in the north pole and there is a pos- And out of these 21 were suc- Japan, the European Orbiter. "Right now the com- sibility of presence of water in cessful, while two were par- Union, China, India and Israel & munication is lost, we will try permanently shadowed areas tially successful. have been late entrants. to establish a link for the next around it. Sample return means mis- The countries have 14 days," he said. The south pole region also sion that involves collecting launched different lunar mis- The 2,379-kg orbiter's cam- has craters that are cold traps and returning samples to sions — orbiters, landers and era is the highest resolution ! "# ! ! and contain a fossil record of earth. The first successful sam- flyby (orbiting the moon, land- camera (0.3 m) in any lunar $% ! & ' the early Solar System, ISRO ple return mission was Apollo ing on the moon and flying by mission so far and shall provide maintained. 12 of the US launched in the moon respectively). high resolution images which which aimed at studying not (MCC) along with some 60- Former ISRO Chairman November 1969. In a span of a little more will be immensely useful to the just one area of the Moon but odd schoolchildren, led from and former Secretary in the This year, Israel, too, than a year, from August 1958 global scientific community, it all the areas combining the the front to boost the morale of Department of Space G launched its lunar mission to November 1959, the US and stated. exosphere, the surface as well the scientists and later also Madhavan Nair said Beresheet in February 2018 but the USSR launched 14 mis- A senior ISRO official, as the sub-surface of the moon hugged a visibly crestfallen Chandrayaan-2 has achieved it crash landed in April. sions. Only three — Luna 1, however, said, the four-legged in a single mission, stated ISRO chairman K Sivan to 95 per cent of its mission In 2008, India had Luna 2 and Luna 3 — were + lander and the six-wheeled ISRO, which got the backing of console and encourage him. objectives. "Already, orbiter is launched Chandrayaan-1 successful. All were launched rover 'Pragyan' housed inside the global scientific communi- The hug video has since gone in space and it should do an which had an orbiter and an by the USSR. that was planned for a rollout ties as well. viral. "There will be a new excellent job of mapping," he impactor. One of achieve- The Ranger 7 mission between 5.30 am and 6.30 am Prime Minister Narendra dawn and better tomorrow. said. The Rs 978-crore ments of the mission was dis- launched in July 1964 by the ! ! to carry out experiments may Modi, who had watched the The best is yet to come in our Chandrayaan-2 Mission was covery of water molecules on US was the first to take close- have been lost. proceedings from ISRO's space programme. India is with conceived a decade ago. the moon. up pictures of the moon. & This was a unique mission Mission Control Centre you," the PM told the scientists. Turn to Page 4 The maiden mission to the Turn to Page 4 ,! ! - . / 0 6#$619, L M ! 1 ational Security Adviser 2 3 ,1""'"$ NAjit Doval on Saturday said Pakistan is bent on creat- 4 . % .5Q akistan on Saturday refused ing trouble in Kashmir, where "# " & PIndia’s request to allow normalcy can be restored only ! President Ram Nath Kovind to if the neighbouring nation #$O& 1 Q use its airspace for his flight to “starts behaving” and “stops ' ()* * Iceland. Kovind will embark on indulging in subversive propa- ! 1 8 a visit to Iceland, Switzerland ganda.” & and Slovenia from Monday He said according to intel- 1 during which he is expected to ligence reports some 230 ter- doing their job properly and $ ! brief the top leadership in rorists were prowling along were warned that Pakistan "#% * those countries on India’s LoC in Pakistan Occupied would send them bangles if + + & “national concerns”, especially Kashmir, some of whom have they didn’t do something + in view of terror incidents, sneaked into border areas to quickly to disrupt the law and *+ ", 8 including the Pulwama attack. create trouble, which includes order situation in J&K. ( # ' The decision was approved intimidating traders and locals Thereafter, the two men + ! by Pakistan Prime Minister to prevent them from carrying went to the residence of a New Delhi for treatment at used by Pakistan and terrorists Imran Khan, his Foreign out their normal business. prominent fruit merchant in AIIMS, he said. for subversive activities, but the + Minister Shah Mehmood Speaking to a select group Sopore, Hamidullah Rather, to Asked what India will do if it should not prevent people & ' Qureshi told broadcaster PTV. of Indian and foreign journal- intimidate him on Friday. Not Pakistan continues with its from going about their normal In New Delhi, Ministry of ists, the NSA also highlighted finding Rather at home, the ter- ways, Doval said, “There is a lives. ! ! External Affairs spokesperson the case of two Punjabi-speak- rorists shot and injured his 25- solution to every problem.” “In any society, people ) Raveesh Kumar regretted ing terrorists whose conversa- year-old son, Mohammad He, however, did not elaborate. always want more. But to us . ++/0 +O ! 9 Pakistan’s decision to not allow tions with their Pakistani han- Irshad, and his two-and-a- Doval justified the restric- their life is more important,” he the President to use its airspace dlers were intercepted, in which half-year old daughter Asma tions imposed on mobile said, adding that 92.5 per cent * 1 for his flight to Iceland. they were reprimanded by Jaan, who is critical, Doval phone and Internet services in of the geographical area of 23124 $ Turn to Page 4 Pakistani handlers for not said. Jaan is being airlifted to J&K, saying they can easily be J&K is without restrictions. ! 6#$619, produce. The shutdown hit has been directed to increase lage in Shopian saying that he Haryana, Delhi and Rajasthan normal life in Kashmir but the transportation of apples so that must not send the produce out- ferry apple outside the Valley. espite terrorists’ threat to Modi Government ensured the growers could get good side the State.

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