India located its missing moon lander
Chandrayaan-2 was supposed to land on the moon on September 7, but scientists lost contact moments before its projected landing time.: India’s space agency has located a moon lander that went missing last week shortly after its scheduled touchdown on the lunar surface. The failed mission marks a milestone for India’s scrappy space industry, which had hoped to become the fourth ever to successfully execute a soft moon landing.
It was hoped that Vikram would make a soft-landing. However, ISRO chairman Kailasavadivoo Sivan said it must have made contact in a hard landing, the. Sivan added that the condition of the lander, including any damage, is unknown. Efforts to establish contact with the lander continue.
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