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Sunday, October 12, 2025
TopicVikram lander

Topic: Vikram lander

Sun is coming up over Moon’s Shiva Shakti point, it’s time for Vikram & Pragyan to wake up

ISRO will announce Friday if communication with Chandrayaan-3 mission's Vikram lander & Pragyan rover — currently in sleep mode — has been established & if they'll function again.

Chandrayaan-3’s Vikram lander performs a rare ‘hop’ on the moon — why this matters

The lander performs a hop experiment on lunar surface, testing the tech of lifting off & landing on the moon — crucial for future missions to collect & return lunar samples to Earth.

Vikram exceeds mission objectives, says ISRO as it prepares to put lander & rover to ‘sleep’

The space agency said the lander had also undergone a hopping experiment which would enthuse ‘future sample returns and human missions’.

Chandrayaan: Pragyan & Vikram preparing to ‘sleep’ to survive long lunar night, says ISRO chief

Once lunar day lasting 14 Earth days comes to end, both lander & rover to face low temperatures likely to jam systems. Both to be put to 'sleep' so they can continue experiments.

Chandrayaan-3: ChaSTE payload onboard Vikram lander records temperature variations of lunar surface

ISRO shares graph showing temperature variations of lunar surface in 1st such profile of lunar south pole that will help scientists understand thermal behaviour of Moon's surface.

Chandrayaan-3 lander Vikram shares video of Pragyan as rover rolls out on moon’s surface

In a historic first, India became the first country to successfully touch down on the moon’s south pole on Wednesday.

All about Chandrayaan-3 & how to watch it live — whip out the popcorn at 5.20 pm tomorrow

Launched on 14 July, Chandrayaan-3 mission aims to put the Vikram lander softly at the lunar south pole. The process will start at approximately 5.45 pm IST Wednesday.

‘Poking fun at ISRO’ — BJP worker files complaint against Prakash Raj over Chandrayaan joke

BJP office bearer from Karnataka's Bagalkote district submitted his complaint Monday night. Actor says his tweet was reference to old joke about 'Malayali chaiwala on moon'.

Chandrayaan-3 more rugged, should land even if everything goes wrong, say scientists

Lessons have been learnt from the failed landing during Chandrayaan-2 in 2019, all corrective measures taken, says former ISRO director K. Sivan.

Aided by Indian techie, NASA finds crashed Vikram lander on the Moon

NASA has acknowledged it was able to identify the impact site and debris of Chandrayaan-2’s Vikram lander after a tip from Chennai-based engineer Shanmuga Subramanian.

On Camera

Nepali student Bipin Joshi is also Hamas hostage. Friends & family don’t know if he’s alive

When the conflict is narrated, it is the Israelis and Palestinians who fill the frame, while the forgotten foreigners—like Bipin Joshi—are left on the margins.

Niti Aayog recommends fully decriminalising 12 offences under new I-T Act to ‘foster more trust’

Recommendations appear in Niti Aayog’s Tax Policy Working Paper Series–II. It says there is a need to shift away from fear-based enforcement to trust-based governance.

India, UK sign £350 mn deal for Martlet. What are these Lightweight Multirole Missiles

In service with the British military since 2019, it is also known as the Martlet missile. Ukrainians have also deployed these missiles against Russian troops.

CJI, IPS, IAS & Homebound: A wake-up call 75 years in the making

Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.