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Topic: Vikram lander

2 months on, govt confirms Chandrayaan-2 Vikram lander made ‘hard landing’ on lunar surface

Mohana Basu -
Vikram hard landed within 500 m of the designated landing site, MoS in Prime Minister's Office Jitendra Singh says in written reply to a question in Lok Sabha.

ISRO releases first illuminated images of moon taken by Chandrayaan-2’s orbiter

Sandhya Ramesh -
ISRO has released details of data captured by two payloads — an infrared imager and a solar x-ray monitor.

ISRO not giving up on Vikram lander yet, efforts to reestablish communication still on

PTI -
ISRO had suspended search operations 10 days ago when the lunar night began. The space agency lost contact seconds before Vikram Lander was scheduled to land on the moon.

NASA says Chandrayaan-2’s Vikram had a hard landing, releases images of site

PTI -
The Vikram module had attempted a soft landing on the lunar south pole on 7 September. It lost communication with ISRO moments before India could achieve the feat.

All you want to know about the future of crashed Chandrayaan-2 lander Vikram

Sandhya Ramesh -
The lunar night has officially begun over the Vikram landing spot. Here's what’s next with the orbiter, NASA’s camera, and ISRO.

Vikram lander dies today, but here’s how ISRO can ensure Chandrayaan-3 lives on

Jatan Mehta -
ISRO’s ambitious Vikram lander will die today as the lunar night sets in, two weeks after it went off the radar minutes before touchdown.

Lunar night is near, ISRO running out of time to contact Vikram lander

Sandhya Ramesh -
While the only official statements so far have said ISRO is trying to establish contact with Vikram, some reports say there is little hope of it.

No ISRO update on Chandrayaan-2 lander but social media goes wild with speculation

Sandhya Ramesh -
No clarification has been issued by ISRO on the status of the Vikram lander which was imaged by the Chandrayaan-2 orbiter Sunday.

VHP seeks divine intervention, conducts yajna for Chandrayaan-2′ lander Vikram

Neelam Pandey -
The VHP held the yajna, complete with Vedic chants, at the Arya Samaj temple in south Delhi.

Fake ISRO Twitter handle says Chandrayaan-2 lands on moon, Hema Malini retweets it

Kairvy Grewal -
The account, which has more than 10,000 followers, is misleading given its name and display picture are similar to the official ISRO Twitter handle.
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National Interest

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