ISRO chief says space agency will make all efforts to demonstrate soft landing in space in future

Indian Space Research Organisation chief K Sivan said on Saturday that the organisation will make all efforts possible to demonstrate soft landing in space in the future, PTI reported. He said that the failure of the Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft to land on the moon was not the end of the road.

“You all have heard about Chandrayaan-2 mission,” Sivan said during his address at the golden jubilee convocation of the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. “On the technology part yes, we could not achieve soft landing, but all the systems functioned until 300 metres from moon’s surface. Very valuable data is available to set things right. Let me assure that ISRO will pull all its experience, knowledge and technical prowess to set things right and demonstrate soft landing in near future.”

Sivan said that the space agency’s plans on the Aditya L1 solar mission and the human spaceflight programme are on track. He added that many advance satellite launches are planned in the coming months. “Work is on to provide NAVIC signals on mobile phones, which will open the path to develop large number of applications for societal needs,” Sivan added.