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In September this year, when the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) lost contact with the Vikram lander around 2.1 kilometres over the lunar surface, it was perceived as a setback to Indias maiden attempt to land a spacecraft on the moon.

Finding Vikram

A Chennai-based space enthusiast has achieved an exceptional feat by discovering the debris of ISRO's lost Lander.

5 Dec 2019 8:52 PM GMT

Cennai-based techie Shanmuga Subramanian. (Photo: PTI)

TN techie helped Nasa find Vikram on moon

Chennai techie Shanmuga Subramanian helped Nasa to identify the crash site of the Vikram lander of Chandrayaan-2.

3 Dec 2019 8:01 PM GMT

Chandrayaan-2. (Photo: Twitter)

Chandrayaan-2's Vikram had 'hard landing, not able to locate lander':...

'Vikram had a hard landing and the precise location of the spacecraft in the lunar highlands has yet to be determined,'...

27 Sep 2019 2:55 AM GMT

ndian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chief K Sivan on Sunday said that the technical snags that forced it to abort the scheduled launch of Chandrayaan-2. (Photo: ANI)

Chandrayaan-2 orbiter performing well, no communication with Vikram...

Gaganyaan mission is India's first manned mission to space.

26 Sep 2019 10:02 AM GMT

Regarding the lander, we have not been able to establish communication. Our next priority is Gaganyaan mission, ISRO chief K Sivan. (Photo: ANI)

Despite setback with Chandrayaan-2, ISRO optimistic about man mission

Gaganyaan, the country's first human mission to space, was announced by PM Narendra Modi last year during his...

21 Sep 2019 8:44 AM GMT

Chandrayaan-2. (Photo: Twitter)

As lunar night falls, hopes of waking up Chandrayaan-2's lander fades

Lander Vikram, with rover Pragyan housed inside it, lost communication with the ground station on September 7.

21 Sep 2019 3:06 AM GMT

Chandrayaan-2. (Photo: Twitter)

Chandrayaan-2: Countdown begins... last hope for ISRO

On Thursday, NASA confirmed that its moon orbiter captured images of lunar region where Vikram made an unsuccessful...

20 Sep 2019 6:20 AM GMT

Indias bold mission to soft-land on the moon suffered a setback with the Vikramâ€ module losing communication with ground stations, just 2.1 km from the lunar surface during its final descent in the early hours of Saturday. (Photo: Twitter | Representational)

ISRO's message after it lost contact with Chandrayaan-2's Vikram...

Lander Vikram lost communication with ground stations early on September 7 during its final descent.

18 Sep 2019 3:40 AM GMT

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Watch: Actor Brad Pitt calls up astronaut at ISS, asks 'Did you spot...

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17 Sep 2019 9:34 AM GMT

Indias bold mission to soft-land on the moon suffered a setback with the Vikram module losing communication with ground stations, just 2.1 km from the lunar surface during its final descent in the early hours of Saturday. (Photo: Twitter | Representational)

NASA joins hands with ISRO in reaching out to Vikram lander

The attempts will be made till September 20-21 when the sunlight will be there in the area where the Vikram has landed.

13 Sep 2019 6:05 AM GMT

The screens show a green dot which represents the lander. The data suggests that it started to deviate from the time its altitude was just above 2 km and continued to deviate before stopping at a point that is clearly below 1 km and near or below 500 m. (Photo: Twitter)

ISRO screens show communication with Vikram lander was lost at 335 m,...

ISRO in its official statement had said:

11 Sep 2019 6:12 AM GMT

According to ISRO, by firing Chandrayaan-2 on-board motors, the space craft will be moved into the lunar orbit. (Photo: PTI)

ISRO says, 'efforts being made to establish communication with Lander...

After revolving around the Earth's orbit for nearly 23 days, the craft began its journey to the moon on August 14.

10 Sep 2019 5:51 AM GMT