Heart were broken when MS Dhoni got run out in the World Cup semi-final which turned out to be a match changing moment and resulted in India’s ouster from the show piece event. The veteran of 350 ODIs missed the crease by 1.2 inches and fans on social media are relating him with India’s Chandrayaan 2 mission.
India launched Chandrayaan 2 via GSLV MK III rocket on 22 July 2019. On 2nd September, the lander Vikram got separated from Orbiter which was revolving around the moon. The Vikram lander started to move towards the lunar surface and was expected to make a soft landing at a distance of almost 500+ kilometers from Moon’s south pole on Saturday morning.
Vikram lander started its descent to lunar surface at 1:38 AM(Indian standard time) which was termed as 15 minutes of terror by ISRO chairman K. Sivan. Things were going swiftly until ISRO lost contact with the Chandrayaan-2 lander Vikram, only 2.1 km away from the lunar surface, after which despair swept across the country including ISRO’s mission control room.
Everything went well for 13 minutes and 48 seconds. Applause also echoed in ISRO’s mission control room, but one and a half minutes before the lunar touchdown, ISRO lost contact with Vikram at around 1:55 AM. Despite the rare failure from ISRO, every citizen of the country is appreciating the work of ISRO and its scientists. Its worth mentioning that no other country has dared to step foot at the South pole of the moon which is completely dark and is untouched by sun light.
Chandrayaan 1 mission discovered the evidences of water on the lunar surface and Chandryaan 2 was a follow up to get the evidence of the same. Not to forget, lunar south pole region features craters that are unique in that the near-constant sunlight does not reach their interior. Such craters are cold traps that contain a fossil record of hydrogen, water ice, and other volatiles dating from the early Solar System.
Here are some of the reactions by fans who relate MS Dhoni with Chandrayaan 2 setback.
आज चाँद हमसे रूठा है तो क्या हम फिर माना लेंगे।
विक्रम न पहुँचा तो क्या फिर पहुँचा देंगे।
घबराना नही मेरे साथियों ये चाँद तो क्या
एक दिन पूरे ब्रह्मांड में अपना तिरंगा लहरा देंगे।??#Chandrayaan2Landing #ProudOfISRO #ProudToBeIndian#vikram #indiancricketteam #MSDhoni #WC2019 pic.twitter.com/2cqVApuVsD— Mohit Dhanariya (@mohit_dhanariya) September 7, 2019
@msdhoni @DHONIism @isro @BCCI #WorthlessPakistan we lost by coming nearer. We are sure that we are going to achieve it soon . pic.twitter.com/XfQ7jL8bH3
— V. Samara simha reddy (Sai) (@samara_sai) September 7, 2019
@msdhoni @isro ??but we have proud of you pic.twitter.com/G2SoZWYue1
— Rohit Patel (@RohitPa96851525) September 7, 2019
Two most heartbreaking pictures. We all proud on both ?#Chandrayaan2Live #ISRO #Chandrayan2 #dhoniinbillionhearts #dhoni @isro @msdhoni @narendramodi pic.twitter.com/sB3CviULiU
— Samarth Raval (@samarthhraval) September 7, 2019
