HIGHLIGHTS
• The entire world is applauding the Indian Space Research Organisation for daring to discover dark side of the Moon
• All is not lost for the mission-- American magazine Wired said on Chandrayaan-2 lander's "deviation from its expected trajectory"
• The New York Times lauded India's "engineering prowess and decades of space development have combined with its global ambitions"
Chandrayaan 2, India's 'complex' mission to the Moon's south pole, made headlines globally after the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) lost communication with Vikram Lander of Chandrayaan-2 just moments before its scheduled soft landing on Saturday.
Not only India, but the entire world is applauding Isro for daring to go where no one else has managed to. Here is how foreign media reported the Chandrayaan-2 moon landing:
All is not lost for the mission--the online edition of American magazine Wired said on Chandrayaan-2 lander's "deviation from its expected trajectory". "The loss of the Vikram lander and the Pragyan rover it was carrying to the lunar surface would be a big blow for India's space program...But all is not lost for the mission," Wired reported.
The New York Times lauded India's "engineering prowess and decades of space development combined with its global ambitions."
However, while referring to Chandrayaan-2 lander's inability to soft-land on the lunar surface as a "partial failure", The New York Times wrote, "an orbiter remains in operation - would delay the country's bid to join an elite club of nations that have landed in one piece on the moon's surface."
Like The New York Times, French daily Le Monde mentioned the success rate of soft landing on the moon, but in percentage. It said, "So far, scientists point out, only 45 per cent of missions aimed at alleviating have been successful."
Le Monde started its article with words "A broken dream" and said that the Indian newspapers "were quick to titrate their websites, after announcing the worse scenario that could expect the Indian Space Research Organization..."
The website quoted an expert from National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) who had said, "Imagine a spaceship crossing the space at a speed ten times faster than an airplane, and almost stopping to land softly on the Earth - all in minutes and, more importantly, without any human intervention."
"The ship Chandrayaan-2 will have known a hard destiny," the website further added mentioning the first attempt to liftoff Chandrayaan-2 on July 15, the plan which was aborted after Isro cited a "technical snag" as the reason to stop the countdown just 56 minutes before the take off.