- By Talib Khan
- Thu, 05 Sep 2019 10:11 AM (IST)
- Source:JND
New Delhi | Jagran News Desk: The Chandrayaan 2 is all set to land its lander ‘Vikram’ on the surface of Moon on intervening night of 6-7 September. A successful landing will make India the fourth country after Russia, the US and China to achieve a soft-landing on the moon. But India will become the first nation to launch a mission to the unexplored south pole region of the Moon.
For this, around 70 students from across the country will be watching the historic Chandrayaan 2's scheduled soft-landing on the moon as it happens in the early hours of Saturday. The students will watch Chandrayaan 2's moon landing LIVE along with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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Two students who got top scores in ISRO's online space quiz contest from each state and union territory have been invited by ISRO to watch the landing of Chandrayaan-2's Vikram module on the Moon from ISRO's center in Bengaluru.
"About 70 students in total. They will be watching the landing live along with Prime Minister," a senior ISRO official told news agency PTI.
To increase awareness about the space program, an online quiz competition was conducted by ISRO in coordination with MyGov.in from August 10 to 25. The criteria for selecting successful winners was "maximum correct answers in the shortest time."
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The duration of the quiz was 10 minutes (600 Seconds) during which a maximum of 20 questions could be answered, ISRO had said.
Vikram lander successfully separates from Chandrayaan 2 orbiter on September and completed the two de-orbit maneuver on September 4.
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Lander 'Vikram' (with rover 'Pragyan' inside) is expected to touch down on the surface of the moon on September 7, between 1:30 am and 2:30 am.