Prime Minister Modi, who had flown down to Bengaluru to watch the planned touchdown of Vikram, had told ISRO scientists not to get dejected and disheartened and said the country was proud of them. read more

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Scientists lost communication with the lander on September 7 at about 1.53 am, just 2.1km off the moon’s surface as it was descending for a soft landing. read more

People took to Twitter to show respect for presenting the national identity first. read more

A Twitter user’s hilarious tweet on Disha Patani’s name has gone viral. The actor had shared a message of support for ISRO when Chandrayaan-2’s Vikram Lander failed to land on the lunar surface. read more

As nations look for alternatives to earth, we must praise Isro’s efforts in expanding India’s horizons read more

PM Modi also announced that the Centre would establish a South-South Centre for Sustainable Land Restoration which will provide knowledge and training to all countries affected by land degradation. read more

Vikram, with rover ‘Pragyan’ housed inside it, hit the lunar surface after communication with the ground-stations was lost during its final descent, just 2.1 km above the lunar surface, in the early hours of Saturday. read more

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Chandrayaan 2: ISRO lost contact with the Vikram Lander, one of three components of the Chandrayaan-2, minutes before its touchdown on the lunar surface in the early hours on Saturday. read more

ISRO chief Sivan said the lunar orbiter, going around the moon at an altitude of 100km, took a thermal image of the lander on the moon’s surface and that Isro was trying to re-establish communication with it. read more

The final moments of the mission, scientists had forecast, would be 15 minutes of terror. read more

Despite his family’s modest means, Sivan, now 62, pursued his studies, attending his classes and also helping his father in the fields. read more

ISRO’s plan to soft land Chandrayaan-2’s Vikram module on the Lunar surface did not go as per script in the early hours of Saturday, with the lander losing communication with ground stations during the final stage of descent. read more

Despite the setback, people here hailed the efforts of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and the scientists associated with the mission. read more