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TopicVikram lander

Topic: Vikram lander

Vikram lander lies tilted on moon as single piece after hard landing, claims ISRO official

An ISRO official said despite the hard landing, Vikram lander is still very close to the scheduled touchdown site, according to images sent by Chandraayan-2's orbiter.

Chandrayaan-2 orbiter has a task cut out as ISRO tries to re-establish contact with Vikram

ISRO is looking to lowering the orbiter to take a closer picture of Vikram lander, which will help speed up investigation into what went wrong during landing.

Time is running out for re-establishing link with Chandrayaan-2 lander Vikram: ISRO

Top ISRO official said 'hard-landing' of Vikram has made the task of linking with it difficult.

Chandrayaan-2’s Vikram lander located on the Lunar surface: ISRO chief

ISRO chairman K Sivan said constant efforts are being made to establish contact with the lander.

Emotions run high at ISRO, Sivan in tears as Modi says, ‘India with you, best yet to come’

PM Modi addressed ISRO scientists Saturday after the space agency lost contact with Chandrayaan-2 lander minutes before landing time.

Very, very difficult to re-establish contact with Vikram Lander: ISRO Official

The Vikram lander was designed to execute a soft landing on the lunar surface, and to function for one lunar day, equivalent to about 14 earth days.

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.

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Pakistan can’t bomb or bargain its way out of the TTP-TLP mess

Among the many problems Pakistan is currently dealing with, the TLP and TTP offer two varying dimensions of the same one.

Kerala’s silent startup surge—work near home, smooth roads, fast internet & diaspora engagement

Once seen as a fading presence on India’s investment & startup picture, the state is slowly moving up the ladder, with policy reforms & infrastructure building.

India & Israel ink agreement to share, co-develop & co-produce advanced defence tech

Agreement signed during 17th Joint Working Group (JWG) on defence cooperation. Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh met Director General in Israeli Ministry of Defence Amir Baram Tuesday. 

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.