Chennai: Its the day Indian space scientists and Chandrayyan-2 enthusiasts had been waiting for. The US space agency NASA had promised hope of some news on the Viktram front by Tuesday after its Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) flyby over the site where Indian lunar landar might have landed. Has the Indian moon lander Vikram been found […]
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Chandrayaan-2 mission achieved 98% success: ISRO chief
Bhubaneswar: Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chairman K. Sivan on Saturday said Chandrayaan-2 mission has achieved 98 per cent of its objectives, while they are yet to establish any communication with lander ‘Vikram’. “We could not have established any communication with the lander yet. The project was developed in two parts – science and technology demonstration. […]
Here comes a device to regrow hair on bald head
New York: There is good news for people experiencing hair loss as researchers have developed a wearable device that harnesses energy from the wearer and delivers gentle electric pulses to stimulate dormant hair follicles and regrow hair. Because the devices are powered by the movement of the wearer, they do not require a bulky battery […]
ISRO will fix moon lander problem: Nobel laureate Haroche
Mohali (Punjab): Science poses surprises – sometimes failures and sometimes successes, according to Nobel laureate Serge Haroche, who said on Wednesday that Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) scientists will certainly try to fix the problem with India’s first moon lander. “I don’t know what happened with this (moon lander Vikram) but they will certainly try […]
ISRO says moon lander Vikram located by Orbiter Chandrayaan-2 but no communication yet
Chennai: The Indian space agency on Tuesday reiterated that its moon lander Vikram has been located by the Chandrayaan-2 Orbiter. “#VikramLander has been located by the orbiter of #Chandrayaan2, but no communication with it yet,” the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) tweeted. “All possible efforts are being made to establish communication with lander,” ISRO said. […]
‘India may have lost contact with moon on hard landing’
Bengaluru: Echoing Indian space agency Chairman K. Sivan’s hunch on the descent of lander Vikram being terrifying, a space expert on Sunday said its hard landing on the moon at a tilted angle could have snapped the communication link with the mission control here, 3.84 lakh km away. “The contact has been lost because Vikram would […]
Twitterati hail ISRO as lander Vikram’s location found
New Delhi: As the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) announced that it has found its moon lander Vikram on the lunar surface on Sunday, the twitterati wasting no time in sharing words of hope and support for the organisation. “#Vikram lander spotted on the moon. Let’s see what happens next.. important data coming ahead,” wrote […]
Vikram Found: ISRO takes photo of moon lander on lunar surface
Chennai: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has found its moon lander Vikram on the lunar surface, said an official. This was hours after communication link with the lander was lost minutes before its soft landing on the lunar surface. “The lander seems to have hit the lunar surface and is in an upturned position,” an […]
How foreign media covered ISRO’s Chandrayaan-2 mission
New Delhi: Chandrayaan-2, India’s ambitious expedition to the moon’s south pole, made headlines globally even as Vikram, the lander of the mission, lost contact with the orbiter moments before its scheduled soft landing on Saturday. Here’s how the foreign media covered the event. The New York Times lauded India’s “engineering prowess and decades of space […]
ISRO releases fresh set of photos of moon craters
Chennai: The Indian Space Research Organisation on Monday released a fresh set of photographs of the surface of the moon and its craters taken by the Terrain Mapping Camera-2 of the Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft. According to ISRO, the pictures were taken on August 23 at an altitude of about 4,375 kms showing impact craters like Jackson, […]