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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

Writings on the wall: Bengal’s epitaph for Left is, I let doctrine become dogma, ideology obstacle

In West Bengal, Left is in a dead heat with Congress for the wooden spoon; Maoism in the tribal heartland has been entombed; and in Kerala, the Left fights double incumbency.

Haryana’s new industrial policy in the works, but industry says old problems remain unsolved

Increase in employment subsidy, Rs 500 crore for estate revamp, new townships in pipeline—but land cost, power breakdowns and inspector raj top among key worries for industry leaders.

Military pushes for private participation in space, more Indian satellites. ‘Can’t rely on single entity’ 

CDS Anil Chauhan says future space capability will not be built by government agencies alone. ‘It will be co-developed with industry, start-ups, and technology innovators’.

Trump, Netanyahu’s Iran gamble: The regime change rebound

American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.