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Tuesday, April 23, 2024
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Topic: Chandrayaan-2

ISRO loses communication with Vikram lander minutes before Chandrayaan-2’s moon landing

ISRO chairman K. Sivan announced that ground control had lost communication with Vikram lander and data is being analysed.

‘Great travelling with you’: Orbiter, lander, rover exchange ‘banter’ on ISRO Twitter feed

ISRO wished Vikram and Pragyan as they make their way to the untouched lunar South Pole and uncover its many mysteries.

ISRO chief K Sivan says things going as per plan for Chandrayaan-2’s soft moon landing

K Sivan said the soft landing of Chadrayaan will be almost like placing a baby on the cradle', and said this stage is causing some anxiety but 'there is no fear'.

Menaka Guruswamy on Section 377, Aakar Patel on dissent & mooning over Chandrayaan 2

The best of the day’s opinion, chosen and curated by ThePrint’s top editors.

Will the Chandrayaan-2 moon landing be India’s biggest scientific achievement?

What makes this mission historic is that India will be the first country to achieve a soft landing on the south pole of the moon.

Chandrayaan-2 set to begin final descent — indigenous mission hours away from history

Chandrayaan-2 orbiter is ready, Vikram lander has separated, all eyes are on Pragyan rover now. ThePrint details what the mission is expecting on the moon.

As we await Chandrayaan-2 landing, here’s how Vikram Sarabhai hailed Apollo-11 fifty yrs ago

It was not just the sheer scale or the grandeur of the Apollo-11 mission that fascinated Vikram Sarabhai.

Vikram lander separates from Chandrayaan-2 orbiter, now just days away from moon landing

The Vikram lander is preparing to perform a soft landing, which is expected to take place on 7 September between IST 1:30 am and 2:30 am.

Sisir Kumar Mitra — Indian physicist with a crater named after him on moon

On 26 August, ISRO released a set of pictures in which crater 'Mitra', named after physicist Sisir Kumar Mitra, can be seen.

On Camera

Influencer is a real job. They are shaking up the internet

The reach and impact of influencers are so significant that even politicians such as Prime Minister Narendra Modi have recognised their value—the National Creators Award is proof.

Economists vs statisticians — the battle being fought over the soul of India’s GDP data

Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.

‘No brides for Agniveers’: In Rajasthan’s ‘Shaheedon ki nagri’, few takers for defence coaching centres

Coaching centres for Army aspirants in Jhunjhunu are shutting down due to plummeting admissions in the face of a lack of job guarantees under Agnipath Scheme.

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.