Former Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Saturday hailed ISRO for their incredible work on the Chandrayaan-2 mission saying their passion and dedication is an inspiration to every Indian and their work is not in vain, rather it has laid the foundation for many more path-breaking Indian space missions.

His remarks came hours after the much-anticipated Vikram lander lost signal moments before its moon landing. "Congratulations tothe team at ISRO for their incredible work on the Chandrayaan 2 Moon Mission.Your passion and dedication is an inspiration to every Indian. Your work is notin vain. It has laid the foundation for many more path breaking and ambitiousIndian space missions," Rahul Gandhi tweeted. Congress spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala also congratulated Indian Space Research Organisation(ISRO) saying they have traversed the new frontiers of space and made every citizen proud.

"Chandrayaan-2 mission is a testimony that ISRO`sscientists have traversed the new frontiers of space and made every Indianproud. "We see it as a new opportunity to surge ahead and reach greaterheights. Future is only brighter to achieve new feats and heights,"Surjewala tweeted. In a last stage snag, the communication link between India'smoon lander Vikram and the moon orbiter got snapped as the former wasdescending towards the moon's South Pole early on Saturday, throwing suspenseover the fate of Rs 978 crore Chandrayaan-2 mission.

Announcing the snapping of communication link, Indian SpaceResearch Organisation (ISRO) Chairman K. Sivan said, the performance of thelander was as per the plan till it was 2.1 km from the moon's surface.