Noting that today Team ISRO has achieved what it had set out to achieve in 2019, Sankaran said, "it was delayed by about four years, but we have done it." Pointing out that the entire project team has been "sleeping, eating and breathing" Chandrayaan for the past four years, he said, "As a person who has been watching their efforts for the past four years along with them, my heart goes out to them.
The entire mission operations of Chandrayaan-3, right from the launch till landing, happened flawlessly as per the timeline, the team that led India s third mission to the Moon said on Wednesday.