Two students from Odisha, Sharanya Nanda and Chinmay Choudhury, will watch Chandrayan 2 landing on the Moon surface live with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the ISRO in Bengaluru on September 7.
The two among among 60 students have been selected at an online science quiz competition conducted by the ISRO between August 10 and 25.
While Sharanya Nanda is a Class X student of the DAV Public School, Chandrasekharpur, Chinmay is a Class VIII student of the DAV Public School, MCL, Jharsuguda.
“I am very happy that I will watch Chandrayan 2 landing live with the Prime Minister and ISRO’s top scientists,” said Sharanya.
Chinmay also expressed happiness over his selection.
“I am feeling excited that I will meet ISRO scientists and will watch landing of Chandrayan 2 live with PM Modi” said he.
Notably, the Chandrayan 2 was launched on July 22 from the Sriharikota space station in Andhra Pradesh. The mission is made up of an orbiter that will orbit the Moon for one year. The lander will make a landing on the southern region of the Moon on September 7. A rover, ‘Pragyan’, which is inside the lander, will roll out if the landing is successful.