Referring to the indigenous systems used in Chandrayaan-2, he said the mission is 'Indian at heart, Indian in spirit!'
Isro Chairman K Sivan recently said the space agency 'had done everything humanly possible' for the mission's success
Chandrayaan-1 scripted history by making more than 3,400 orbits around the Moon and was operational for 312 days till August 29, 2009
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Will the landing of Chandrayaan-2 lift the slowdown gloom?
With this manoeuvre, the required orbit for the Vikram Lander to commence its descent towards the surface of the Moon has been achieved
Deorbiting manoeuvres involve the firing of the spacecraft's engines to slow down its pace and bring it closer to the Moon's surface
The lander and rover will carry out experiments to find water on the lunar surface and map for chemicals and topography
India's second lunar expedition -- would shed light on a completely unexplored section of the Moon, its South Polar region
Isro is going to ask private players to assemble small rockets right away, says the senior executive vice-president of L&T's defence segment
Hailing the indigenous project, he said it is 'thoroughly Indian in heart and spirit. It is completely a swadeshi, home grown mission'
Chandrayaan-2 will be orbiting the Earth for 23 days and on August 14, Isro will conduct the Trans Lunar Injection
President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Isro and its scientists on this feat
Chandrayaan-2 mission: Filling of Liquid Oxygen in cryogenic stage(C25) of GSLV MkIII-M1 Completed. Catch LIVE update's on India's mission to the moon
On July 15, less than an hour before its 2:51 am scheduled take-off, the launch of Chandrayaan-2 had to be postponed due to a snag in its most powerful rocket
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Narayanan's comments came even as the ISRO was yet to make any formal announcement on what went wrong during the final hour of countdown
Take a look at India's moon mission journey from the launch of Chandrayaan-1 to Chandrayaan-2
The launch was scheduled to have taken place at 2.51 am from the second launchpad at Sriharikota's Satish Dhawan Space Centre
The mission director said it was not possible to carry out the launch within the timeframe; new schedule would be announced after investigation of the glitch, which should take at least 10 days