'Historic Moment': Ex-Pak Minister Heaps Praise On Chandrayaan-3 Mission In Major U-Turn

<p>Years after he flayed India's Chandrayaan-2 mission, former Pakistan minister Fawad Chaudhury heaped praises on India's Chandrayaan-3 mission which is all set to land on the lunar surface this evening. Chaudhury, who was a minister in the cabinet of former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan hailed the mission, dubbing it a "historic moment for human kind".</p> <p>He tweeted, "Pak media should show #Chandrayan moon landing live tomorrow at 6:15 PM&hellip; historic moment for Human kind specially for the people, scientists and Space community of India&hellip;. Many Congratulations."</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">Pak media should show <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Chandrayan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Chandrayan</a> moon landing live tomorrow at 6:15 PM&hellip; historic moment for Human kind specially for the people, scientists and Space community of India&hellip;. Many Congratulations</p> &mdash; Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) <a href="https://twitter.com/fawadchaudhry/status/1693959315584172473?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 22, 2023</a></blockquote> <p> <script src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" async="" charset="utf-8"></script> </p> <p>However, as the internet never forgets, netizens promptly reminded him of his earlier tweets criticising the country and the Chandrayaan-2 mission. Some also pointed out the changed tone of the minister after the <a title="Imran Khan" href="https://ift.tt/r5LlU4u" data-type="interlinkingkeywords">Imran Khan</a> government was overthrown in the country.</p> <p>Meanwhile, India is awaiting the soft landing with bated breath and prayers. Wishes poured in from all parts and leaders cutting across party lines ahead of the most-awaited moment.</p> <p>If the Chandrayaan-3 mission succeeds in its attempt to make a touchdown on Moon and in landing a robotic lunar rover in ISRO's second attempt in four years, India will become the fourth country to master the technology of soft-landing on the lunar surface after the US, China and the erstwhile Soviet Union.</p> <p>Chandrayaan-3 is a follow-on mission to Chandrayaan-2 and its objectives are to demonstrate safe and soft-landing on the lunar surface, roving on the Moon, and to conduct in-situ scientific experiments.</p> <p>Chandrayaan-2 had failed in its lunar phase after its lander 'Vikram' crashed into the surface of the Moon following anomalies in the braking system in the lander while attempting a touch down on September 7, 2019. Chandrayaan's maiden mission was in 2008.</p> <p>The Rs 600 crore Chandrayaan-3 mission was launched on July 14 onboard Launch Vehicle Mark-III (LVM-3) rocket, for a 41-day voyage to reach near the lunar south pole.</p> <p>The soft-landing is being attempted days after Russia's Luna-25 spacecraft crashed into the Moon after spinning out of control.</p>