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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 […]

Weakened Hurricane Dorian strands people on North Carolina island

8:58 pm September 6, 2019

Wilmington, North Carolina: Hurricane Dorian howled over North Carolina’s Outer Banks on Friday — a much weaker version of the brute that wreaked havoc in the Bahamas — flooding homes in the low-lying ribbon of islands and throwing a scare into year-round residents who chose to tough it out. Hundreds were feared trapped on one […]

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 […]

Dorian further dampens enthusiasm for NC congressional race

5:00 am September 6, 2019

Raleigh, North Carolina: Hurricane Dorian has created new challenges in the final days of campaigning for a North Carolina congressional seat that was already getting scant attention. As the hurricane scraped the coastline on its way toward the state, at least one campaign manager pulled signs for his candidate out of the ground on Thursday […]