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NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft has snapped a series of images during its flyby on September 17 of Vikram's attempted landing sight
The India's second moon mission Chandrayaan-2 has gone through a long journey dotted with many events in close to 12 years since being conceived in 2007
Experts said that it would not be right to predict the fate of the mission without an official announcement
Lander Vikram is scheduled to go on a powered descent between 1 a.m. and 2 a.m. tomorrow. Touchdown likely between 1:30 a.m. and 2:30 a.m.
The GSAT 6A setback had prompted ISRO to recall the launch of GSAT-11 from Kourou in French Guiana for additional technical checks
After a pep talk to scientists, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday gave a long and tight hug to an emotional ISRO chief K Sivan, who was in tears, unable to come to termsover lander Vikram's unsuccessful bid to soft-land on the moon. Modi, in his address at the ISRO centre here, asked the scientists not to get disheartened by the hurdles in the lunar mission Chandrayaan-2 and asserted that there will be a "new dawn". No sooner than the Prime Minister concluded his address, Sivan accompanied him to see him off. At this juncture, the Prime Minister, who was on his way to get into his car, gave him a "reassuring" and tight hug, lending his shoulder to teary-eyed Sivan. The Prime Minister embraced Sivan as he made no secret of his deep disappointment as the ambitious venture did not pan out as intended. Modi also said in his address that the country's determination to land on the moon has become even stronger. "We came very close, but we need to cover more ground..
While addressing the scientists at ISRO, PM said that the best is yet to come for India space programme
An astronaut narrator and space analyst, Jerry Linenger said overall the mission has been very successful
It's important to note that the odds were against anybody pulling off a soft landing at the first attempt
The space agency also said the precise launch and mission management had ensured a long life of almost seven years instead of the planned one year for the orbiter
Vikram, the lander, was lost when it was attempting a "soft" or controlled landing near the south pole of the moon
We should not be discouraged. India was trying to do something very very difficult, said NASA
Chandrayaan-2's 27-kg rover is a six-wheeled robotic vehicle named Pragyan, which translates to 'wisdom' in Sanskrit, and is housed inside the lander
'We will continue to try to establish contact for the next 14 days. Future programmes will go as planned', says K Sivan
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Isro Chairman K Sivan had said on Saturday that the space agency would try to restore link with the lander for 14 days
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