Just 2 km From Landing on Moon, Chandrayaan-2 Lander ‘Vikram’ Goes Silent
After a 48-day journey, during which it travelled lakhs of miles and carried the hopes of 135 crore people, Chandrayaan-2’s Vikram lander lost contact with ISRO at a distance of barely 2.1 km from the Moon’s surface.
ISRO chairman K Sivan said the initial path was normal but communication with Vikram was lost at 2.1 km from the lunar surface and the data was still being analysed.
Till date, only three countries — Russia, the US and China — have successfully soft landed on the Moon. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who witnessed the attempted landing from the mission control complex here, spoke to the ISRO team and said they had done a commendable job.
(Source: The Times of India)
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