lunar-bound

Chandrayaan-2: Communication from ‘Vikram lander’ lost minutes before landing

2:16 am September 7, 2019

New Delhi: Scientists at ISRO lost signals from Vikram lander soon after it completed rough braking phase successfully. The fine braking phase was initiated but signals from the lander lost. Monitoring system awaiting data from Vikram lander. India’s second mission to the Moon, Chandrayaan-2 is an attempt to land near the south pole of the […]

All set for soft-landing of ‘Vikram’, PM says mission manifests Indian talent

7:29 pm September 6, 2019

New Delhi: As the nation awaits with bated breath for the soft-landing of the ‘Vikram’ lander on the south pole of the lunar surface, the first attempt by any country, ISRO said on Friday everything related to the much awaited touchdown is going as per plan. Joining the nation in wishing ISRO a success, Prime […]

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Euphoria grips US scientists ahead of India’s Chandrayaan-2 landing

6:37 pm September 6, 2019

New York: US space scientists, including those from NASA, are all over the moon as they await with bated breath for India’s ambitious lunar mission Chandrayaan-2’s historic soft landing on the moon in the early hours of Saturday. Chandrayaan-2’s landing module ‘Vikram’ will begin its final descent to pull off a historic soft landing on […]

Chandrayaan-2: ISRO anxious but optimistic ahead of crucial soft-landing

2:23 pm September 5, 2019

Bengaluru: Let’s pray for the successful soft-landing” — that pretty much sums up the mood at ISRO ahead of Saturday’s highly crucial event of the Chandrayaan-2 mission. Nervous and anxious for sure but the city-headquartered space agency is cautiously optimistic of “Vikram” module’s soft-landing on the Lunar surface planned in the early hours of Saturday. […]

Chandrayaan-2’s second de-orbiting manoeuvre executed: ISRO

4:02 pm September 4, 2019

Bengaluru: The second de-orbiting manoeuvre of Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft was successfully carried out early on Wednesday, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said, inching towards achieving a historic soft-landing on the lunar surface. “With this manoeuvre the required orbit for the Vikram Lander to commence its descent towards the surface of the Moon is achieved,” ISRO […]