“Chandrayaan-3 success is amazing…” Swedish Astronaut Christer Fuglesang on India’s space triumph
Dec 09, 2023
New Delhi, December 9 (ANI): Swedish astronaut Christer Fuglesang heaped praises on ISRO and called the Chandrayaan-3's success "amazing and outstanding” on December 09. He said that he is looking forward to the next Indian mission like that. In an interview with ANI, Fuglesang said that he is expecting to see the Gaganyaan flight with Indian astronauts on the Indian rocket and Indian capsule. On being asked about the Chandrayaan-3 success, he said, "The kind of landing of Vikram lander and Rover, I thought that was so amazing. That was really outstanding and I think the whole world was kind of applauding for that. And I'm very excited, looking forward to the next Indian mission like that. And while being an astronaut, I guess I'm mainly expecting now to see the Gaganyaan flight with the Indian astronauts on the Indian rocket and Indian capsule." On India-Sweden space collaboration, he said, "So I think we have a lot of possibilities to work together. Sweden is not a big country, but it really has a very high technological competence in certain areas. And by working to India, we can kind of give that India. We can learn a lot of all the experience and everything you're doing here. So, we should find more ways to work together. And I'm so happy that there will be now an Indian-Swedish Space Centre of Excellence that will help. "