#Chandrayaan2: President, SRK praise ISRO; K-Jo lauds women who led the project

A week ago the mission was aborted due to a technical glitch.

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(In pic from left: Karan Johar, Ramnath Kovind, Shah Rukh Khan)
ISRO, on Monday, successfully launched India's indigenous moon mission, Chandrayaan-2. The mission was launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota in Nellore district, Andhra Pradesh, at 2.43 pm . This is exactly a week after the mission was aborted due to a technical glitch spotted an hour before the planned launch time.

Minutes after the big mission was launched, Twitter was flooded with congratulatory tweets for ISRO. Soon, #Chandrayaan2, #IndiaMoonMission and #ISRO took the top spots on Twitter trends.

President Ramnath Kovind, while sharing details about the Chandrayaan-2, wished success to the ISRO.



Prime Minister Narendra Modi, through a series of tweets, walked his followers through the many aims of the big mission.



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Business veteran Anand Mahindra, Chairman of Mahindra Group, took to Twitter to express excitement and pride awaiting the big launch. While responding to a Times of India tweet, he wrote, "I can feel my own heartbeat aligning itself to the countdown... Good luck @isro We’re all watching & cheering you on..."


Raymond MD and Chairman Gautam Singhania cheered team ISRO for 'another success story'.
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India's first full-time female finance minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, who announced the Union Budget earlier this month, also congratulated ISRO for the achievement.
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King of Bollywood, actor Shah Rukh Khan, quoted a song from his film 'Yes Boss' while congratulating ISRO for the big achievement. He wrote, "Chaand Taare todh laoon. Saari duniya par main Chhaoon! To do that requires hours & hours of painstaking work & integrity & belief. Congratulations to the team at #ISRO for #Chandrayaan2."



Director Karan Johar was all-praises for the women who worked tirelessly for making Chandrayaan-2 a success.



Actor Akshay Kumar, who is currently gearing up for his upcoming film 'Mission Mangal', talked about the 'mammoth feat' that ISRO accomplished through Chandrayaan-2. Actress Bipasha Basu deemed the achievement 'Incredible'.




While expressing admiration for the spacewomen who made the mission a success, actress Sonakshi Sinha lauded the prestigious mission.



Spiritual leader Sadhguru called the Chandrayaan-2 a phenomenal achievement.



Former cricketer Virender Sehwag also posted a congratulatory tweet.


Suresh Raina and Mohammad Kaif, too, expressed admiration for ISRO for a 'historic' development.




Author Chetan Bhagat joined the many celebrities who hailed the big achievement.



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