ISRO wishes luck to Akshay Kumar and team for Mission Mangal

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has extended best wishes to Bollywood star Akshay Kumar and his “Mission Mangal” team after the first trailer of the movie was released recently.

The movie also features Vidya Balan, Taapsee Pannu, Sonakshi Sinha, Nithya Menon, Kirti Kulhari and Sharman Joshi.

The official Twitter handle of the premiere space agency, which is gearing up for India’s second mission to the Moon, Chandrayaan-2, on Friday praised the film for its portrayal of ISRO team.

“#MissionMangalTrailer beautifully shows the glimpses of emotions and passion with which #TeamISRO works,” read the tweet.

#MissionMangalTrailer beautifully shows the glimpses of emotions and passion with which #TeamISRO works

— ISRO (@isro) July 19, 2019

“As #ISRO prepares for landmark launch of #Chandrayaan2, #TeamISRO wishes
@akshaykumar all the best for #MissionMangal and all his future endeavour,” it said in another tweet.

As #ISRO prepares for landmark launch of #Chandrayaan2, #TeamISRO wishes @akshaykumar all the best for #MissionMangal and all his future endeavour

— ISRO (@isro) July 19, 2019

In “Mission Mangal”, Akshay plays the role of a scientist, who along with fellow colleagues spearheads India’s mission to send a spacecraft to orbit Mars.

The film, directed by Jagan Shakti, is based on real-life scientists, who contributed to Indias first interplanetary expedition, Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), launched by ISRO in 2013.

Responding to ISROs tweet, Akshay wished the space agency best of luck for Chandrayaan 2, which was earlier set to lift off on July 15 but was called off due to a “technical snag” in its most powerful rocket. It will be now launched on July 22.

“Thank you so much and wishing best of luck once again to #TeamISRO for #Chandrayaan2” he wrote in a post.

Thank you so much and wishing best of luck once again to #TeamISRO for #Chandrayaan2 https://t.co/nC9cYvWzeU

— Akshay Kumar (@akshaykumar) July 19, 2019

“Mission accomplished! Thank you so much for giving us such an inspiring story to tell, it’s been an absolute honour to have had this opportunity and I can say this on behalf of all the actors & team of #MissionMangal” he tweeted earlier.

Mission accomplished! Thank you so much for giving us such an inspiring story to tell, it’s been an absolute honour to have had this opportunity and I can say this on behalf of all the actors & team of #MissionMangal https://t.co/UsDlt88I5R

— Akshay Kumar (@akshaykumar) July 19, 2019

“Mission Mangal”, produced by Cape of Good Films, Hope Productions and Fox Star Studio, is scheduled to be released on August 15.