The Vikram module lost contact minutes before the crucial touchdown on the lunar surface in the early hours of Saturday.
07 Sep 2019 9:14 AM
The Vikram lander was planned to land on the far side of the moon between 1:30 am to 2:30 am on the intervening night of Friday-Saturday.
07 Sep 2019 9:14 AM
From President Ram Nath Kovind, PM Modi to other political leaders across nation took to Twitter to support ISRO's Chandrayaan 2.
07 Sep 2019 9:00 AM
He was interacting with the group of students who were in Bengaluru to witness the Chandrayaan-2’s soft landing on the moon.
07 Sep 2019 8:30 AM
PM also stated that irrespective of the setbacks, our resolve to reach to the moon has strengthened more.
07 Sep 2019 8:23 AM
'Forget about what you miss and never let disappointment enter in the way,' said Narendra Modi.
07 Sep 2019 8:17 AM
His tweet came after 'Vikram', the lander of Chandrayaan-2 lost communication with the ground station.
07 Sep 2019 8:15 AM
The mission life of the 2,379-kg orbiter is one year.
07 Sep 2019 8:13 AM
Modi then got up from seat and walked down where ISRO scientists and engineers were seated, and had a chat with them.
07 Sep 2019 8:00 AM
Chandrayaan-2 is carrying 14 scientific instruments, including one from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration of the US.
07 Sep 2019 5:23 AM
Trained as a design engineer, Ms Vanitha has received the award for the Best Woman Scientist in 2006 by the Astronomical Society of India.
07 Sep 2019 5:19 AM
Vikram's descent was as planned and normal performance was observed up to an altitude of 2.1 km.
07 Sep 2019 5:10 AM
PM told the scientific community that the country was proud of them and asked them to be courageous.
07 Sep 2019 3:10 AM
They havee (scientists) given their best and have always made India proud, says Modi.
07 Sep 2019 3:01 AM
PM will be at the ISRO Centre in Bengaluru to witness the 'extraordinary moment in the history of India's space programme'.
06 Sep 2019 2:28 PM
According to him, while Chandrayaan-1 was a crash landing, the landing of this time’s mission will be controlled.
06 Sep 2019 12:46 PM
The lander is expected to touch down near the South Pole of the moon in the early hours of Saturday morning.
06 Sep 2019 12:13 PM
PM Modi will be at the ISRO headquarters around midnight to watch the landing live with over 60 high school students across the country.
06 Sep 2019 11:11 AM
'Vikram' with rover 'Pragyaan' is scheduled for a powered-descent between 1 am and 2 am on September 7.
06 Sep 2019 9:02 AM
Vikram’, the lander, moved to the threshold location from where it descends towards lunar surface between 1 am and 2 am on Sept 7.
05 Sep 2019 2:56 AM