‘Taking Billion Dreams to Moon’: Twitter on Chandrayaan-2 Launch

Twitter erupted as Chandrayaan-2 finally launched from the second launchpad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre.

India’s second lunar mission, Chandrayaan-2, finally launched at 2:43 pm on Monday, 22 July, from the second launchpad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota – a week after the lift-off was aborted due to a technical snag.

The Chandrayaan-2 mission came 11 years after ISRO successfully carried the first lunar mission.

As GSLV Mk-III launch vehicle, also known as the ‘Bahubuli’, took off from the launchpad in Andhra Pradesh, jubilant Twitter users couldn't contain their emotions.

While some congratulated ISRO for the mission, others expressed their pride of “being Indian” after the marvellous feat.

Here is how people reacted after the Chandrayaan-2 launch:

(Catch all the live updates here)

Taking Billion Dreams To #Moon #Chandrayaan2 https://t.co/sRdmpaxrkY

— Bipin Yadav (@BipinYa29755219) July 22, 2019

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It’s time to take off!#Chandrayaan2 #ISRO #GSLVMkIII

— Google India (@GoogleIndia) July 22, 2019

What a day to be alive! Congratulations, India. #Chandrayaan2

— Nishtha Gautam (@TedhiLakeer) July 22, 2019

Yay! What a proud moment.

Seeing it live gave me goosebumps

Congrats #ISRO#Chandrayaan2

— Atul Khatri (@one_by_two) July 22, 2019

Wow! Congrats to @isro and all fellow Indians on successful launch of #GSLVM3 heaviest launch vehicle launched by #India and Moon orbiter & lander #Chandrayaan2.#Chandrayaan2theMoon

— Arjun Ghosh,CSM,CSPO,DT,SAFe Agilist (@arjunghosh) July 22, 2019

Heartiest congratulations #ISRO #Chandrayaan2!

— Ajay Chaturvedi (@ajaychat) July 22, 2019

‘This Time, We Go One Notch Higher’: Politicians on Chandrayaan-2 Launch

From Union Minister Piyush Goyal to J&K National Conference party leader Omar Abdullah, politicians across various parties also reacted to the launch of Chandrayaan-2.

So far so good. Well done @isro #Chandrayaan2

— Omar Abdullah (@OmarAbdullah) July 22, 2019

Many congratulations to @ISRO and its women led team that made the ambitious moon mission #Chandrayaan2 launch a reality, bringing India closer to become the fourth country in the world to soft-land a spacecraft on the lunar surface. pic.twitter.com/cMY3GpiO5V

— Piyush Goyal (@PiyushGoyal) July 22, 2019

Congratulations to ISRO scientists on flawless launching of #Chandrayaan2 from Sriharikota

Team ISRO scripted a new chapter in India’s space history with the launch of this ambitious and indigenous Mission to Moon.

The nation is extremely proud of its scientists and Team ISRO.

— Rajnath Singh (@rajnathsingh) July 22, 2019

Scientists & Engineers at ISRO have time & again made India proud with their technological brilliance

This time, we go one notch higher. We go to a place where no other nation has gone before

Thank you @isro! You give billion people a billion new dreams #Chandrayaan2@ANI pic pic.twitter.com/ceBb1qmmFU

— Tejasvi Surya (@Tejasvi_Surya) July 22, 2019

Whenever human will was challenged with the impossible, it conquered the impossible in the most magnificent ways!

Congratulations @isro for taking the Indian Flag🇮🇳 to the uncharted regions of the Moon🌕, a place where no country has ever gone before.

#Chandrayaan2#ISRO pic.twitter.com/E7unWonHXC

— Dharmendra Pradhan (@dpradhanbjp) July 22, 2019

Congratulations on #Chandrayaan2. Compliments to the entire team @isro.

— Nirmala Sitharaman (@nsitharaman) July 22, 2019