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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 […]

Everything going according to plan, ISRO chief on proposed soft landing of ‘Vikram’ module

2:50 pm September 6, 2019

Bengaluru: Hours before Chandrayaan-2’s ‘Vikram’ module’s proposed soft landing on the Lunar surface, ISRO Chairman K Sivan said on Friday things are progressing as per plan for the much-awaited event. “We are eagerly waiting for the event. Everything is going according to the plan,” Sivan told PTI on Friday. The touch-down of ‘Vikram’ lander is […]

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. […]