Akshay Kumar thanked Team ISRO for an inspiring story. 'Mission Mangal' is based on the Mars Orbiter Mission, or the Mangalyaan project, launched by ISRO in November 2013

MUMBAI: Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is all set for the launch of Chandrayaan 2 on July 22 after it was called off due to a technical snag on Monday.
As the team is preparing for landmark launch, the official handle of Team ISRO took to Twitter to praised the team of 'Mission Mangal'.

In another tweet, it further said that the movie trailer had managed to 'beautifully show the glimpses of emotions and passion with which Team ISRO works'.

Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar was quick to thank the space research organisation for an inspiring story.

Directed by Jagan Shakti, "Mission Mangal" is based on the Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), or the Mangalyaan project, launched by ISRO in November 2013, to put a space probe in planet Mars' orbit.

The movie also features Vidya Balan, Sonakshi Sinha, Taapsee Pannu, Kirti Kulhari, Nithya Menen and Sharman Joshi. It is scheduled to release on August 15.