INDIA The Syro-Malabar Church congratulates the launch of India’s lunar mission

Cardinal George Alencherry congratulated the scientists who worked on Chandrayaan-3 and thanked “God for creating man with such wonderful talents.” If the moon landing, scheduled for late August, is successful, India will be the fourth country in the world to have managed to make a soft landing on the Moon.

Delhi () – The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has successfully launched India’s third lunar mission, Chandrayaan-3. The moon landing is scheduled for August 23, and if it goes ahead, India will be the fourth country after the United States, the former Soviet Union and China to have completed a soft landing on Earth’s natural satellite.

Cardinal George Alencherry, major archbishop of the Syro-Malabar Church, also praised Indian scientists, who did not allow themselves “to be distracted by past failures and disappointments.” The entire country is deeply in their debt and proud of their singular dedication and hard work,” he said in a statement. “We are grateful to God for this great achievement. As the Psalms beautifully express, our hearts are filled with gratitude for this glorious success of our brilliant scientists: ‘The heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament proclaims his handiwork’” (Ps. 19:1), he continued. the archbishop.

“In these moments of glory and success, we realize the immense intellectual and creative potential with which God has endowed man. When we congratulate our outstanding scientists, we also praise God for creating man with such wonderful talents. We continue to pray for the success of the mission, so that fruitful investigations can be carried out for the good of the human race,” he said.

The goal of the Chandrayaan-3 mission is to explore the moon’s south pole and collect material samples. India’s first mission was carried out in 2008, and in 2019 a moon landing attempt failed. In Chandrayaan-3, 75 million dollars were invested.