The smooth and successful landing of Chandrayaan 3 was a Herculean task. Every Indian was waiting for it with bated breath. A big salute to all the scientists who worked day and night to mark this remarkable win.
The cherry on top of this cake was knowing about a fellow Espacian, Khagesh Bhardwaj (Tower 32 – 1603), who was participating in this mission since the conception of Chandrayaan 3 and has been a part of this whole journey.
Khagesh did his IIT coaching at Super 300 Kanpur. After clearing his IIT JEE in 2015, he joined the Indian Institute of Space and Technology). Later, he joined a four years’ programme in ISRO for Aerospace Engineering. In 2019, he joined ISRO as a Scientist Engineer.
When he was in Espacia, we organised a chit chat session with him for children as well as for adults who wanted to have a conversation with him. He answered every kid’s query patiently and clicked pictures with them happily.
We would like to share a few soundbites from our Espacians.
“It ignites the spark of curiosity in young minds to dream beyond the confines of the Earth.” – Meghna Mendiratta
“Today is a very proud day for India. We should go to the Sun also.” – Abhav Jain, 3 years
“We were waiting for this moment since the day it was launched. Indeed a proud moment!” – Aadhya and Shubh Kankar, 11 and 13 years respectively
“Hurray! We are the first ones to land on the south pole of the moon.” – Atharva, 13 years
“I feel proud of my country and its achievements so far.” – Avyukt, 8 years
“I got super elated as soon as our Chandrayan landed. So proud of our scientists!” – Vanshika, 10 years
“My heart skipped a beat as the countdown began. When the Vikram Lander landed, I felt on top of the world!” – Lalit Kalpana Gulani, 69 years
All of us have witnessed a remarkable victory which is going to be close to our hearts forever.
