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New Delhi, September 4: N Valarmathi, an ISRO scientist, who gave her voice to Chandrayan 3 countdown breathed her last in Chennai on Saturday evening.
The Chandrayan 3 countdown turned out to be her last.
Dr PV Venkitakrishnan, a former director at ISRO condoled her demise on X (formerly Twitter) and said that Chadrayaan-3 was her final countdown announcement.
“The voice of Valarmathi Madam will not be there for the countdowns of future missions of ISRO from Sriharikotta. Chandrayan 3 was her final countdown announcement. An unexpected demise. Feel so sad. Pranams!” Dr Venkitakrishnan wrote on X.
Social media users paid tribute to the late ISRO scientist.
“Very, very sad to hear this. We worked closely with her for our Vikram-S launch last year, for which she was the voice for the launch countdown,” a user wrote on X.
