India's moon mission locates landing craft; no communication yet
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India has located the spacecraft it was trying to land on the moon but has not been able to establish communication with it yet, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said on Tuesday.
The lander was making a “soft” or controlled landing near the South Pole of the moon on Saturday when it lost contact with ground control in the final stage of the descent.
Space experts said the lander may have come down faster than planned and crash-landed on the moon, in a setback for India's space programme that has captivated millions of countrymen.
ISRO said the spacecraft Chandrayaan-2, which is orbiting the moon, had located the lander but it did not say whether it had been damaged.
“All possible efforts are being made to establish communication with lander,” the state-run space agency said on Twitter.
Only the United States, Russia and China have made landings on the moon. Beijing's Chang'e-4 probe touched down on the far side this year. Scientists believe there could be water ice on the South Pole.
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Sep 10, 2019 12:25pm
Keep trying Indians. Whole Pakistan is supporting you.
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Sep 10, 2019 12:27pm
I am from Pakistan and it's a great feat!
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Sep 10, 2019 12:28pm
It is such a disgrace and shame for a nation who feel sad today that they cannot communicate with a heartless rover while their heart didn't skip a beat when stopping the communication of 8 million souls living in Kashmir.
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Sep 10, 2019 12:30pm
i dont see this as a setback. lets hope for the future
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Sep 10, 2019 12:35pm
Great news. All the best to ISRO.
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Sep 10, 2019 12:35pm
Pakistanis love science and hard work. But there is a limit to how much hate one can tolerate, coming just because we had won our freedom.
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Sep 10, 2019 12:39pm
The fact is Indian attempt to land on moon failed and caused embarrassment for Modi. In order to avoid further adverse publicity, as usual, various fabricated stories are created to fool public.
(Note: I'm the original 'Anti-Corruption_Pakistani' account holder for 3 years expressing my candid views on various topics. Be aware of fake ID's!).
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Sep 10, 2019 12:41pm
Pakistanis are the most generous and open minded people. But here, our patience is being tested by RSS mindset from before the blood soaked partition in 1947.
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Sep 10, 2019 12:43pm
Good, hope the communication get established.
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Sep 10, 2019 12:44pm
Well done India.We are proud of you.
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Sep 10, 2019 12:46pm
Great efforts by Indian space research organization. Asian countries should unite instead of fighting amongst each others
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Sep 10, 2019 12:53pm
Good luck ISRO. We are proud of you. Vikram please respond...
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Sep 10, 2019 12:56pm
Next time, they would succeed completely.
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Sep 10, 2019 01:05pm
Proud of our India.
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Sep 10, 2019 01:06pm
Best of luck ISRO. We hope a good news in coming days
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Sep 10, 2019 01:19pm
We'll, NASA's Artemis project can still use the data from the Chandrayaan 2 orbiter.
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Sep 10, 2019 01:20pm
The mission was not only about the lander.Most of the mission objectives have been achieved.
It’s not a huge setback by any standard of imagination
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Sep 10, 2019 01:26pm
Well another crash landing in a foreign territory. Sounds familiar to neighbors
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Sep 10, 2019 01:30pm
Great technological stride by India but political remain to be answered whether when poverty is below the line , do they need such a mission or just point scoring
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Sep 10, 2019 01:33pm
India has great ambitions and capablities.
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Sep 10, 2019 01:38pm
Hopefully communication will restore with Lander and base but Modi Ji please restore communication in Kashmir.Thanks.
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Sep 10, 2019 01:38pm
Weldon isro
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Sep 10, 2019 01:53pm
I don’t think it will work. It had a malfunctioning engine. Better luck next time.
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Sep 10, 2019 01:57pm
And that was possible due to the Chandrayaan 2 orbiter, which is still in the moon orbit. And collecting useful information.
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Sep 10, 2019 02:02pm
The same story is being run by all media every two days. Please stop until there is a significant change. Thanks.
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Sep 10, 2019 02:05pm
I hope something good come up
which will help at next try
Hope for better luck next time
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Sep 10, 2019 02:05pm
Well done to india for not giving up n
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Sep 10, 2019 02:06pm
Still India has 11days to establish contact with lander ,
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Sep 10, 2019 02:13pm
India is different from it's Western neighbour.Failure is the Piller of success.Failure is way better than not even trying and depend on others.
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Sep 10, 2019 02:16pm
its will be miracle to make it work. the lower atmosphere of moon is not known to many space organizations.
best of luck isro
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Sep 10, 2019 02:17pm
Congratulation, Indian space scientists.
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Sep 10, 2019 02:18pm
@Bipul , Are you a space scientist?
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Sep 10, 2019 02:33pm
No matter what India says, the facts is that Modi's dream to moon landing failed and caused embarrassment for India. It appears that the spacecraft malfunctioned due to one of the design, manfucturing and delivery system defects - back to drawing board for another attempt in a few years time!
(Note: I'm the original 'Anti-Corruption_Pakistani' - account holder for 3 years expressing my candid views on various topics. Be aware of fake ID's!).
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Sep 10, 2019 02:37pm
Isro cheif crying is public was so embarrassing
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Sep 10, 2019 02:43pm
More pollution of the moon.
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Sep 10, 2019 02:44pm
@Bipul , Before criticizing India and others, ask when your own country will develop satellite launching capabilities - can't depend on China forever.
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Sep 10, 2019 02:51pm
Good job by Indian Scientists!
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Sep 10, 2019 02:51pm
What has been achieved is in itself commendable. After all the lander and the rover were technology demonstrators.Be relentless in persuit of excellence and never give up.
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Sep 10, 2019 03:01pm
@Bipul , it’s was a connection issue not engine issue, if will work if connects.
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Sep 10, 2019 03:09pm
Vikram lander is dead and body scattered over the South Pole of lunar; end of mission. Do better next time.
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Sep 10, 2019 03:11pm
It is a huge achievement. Congratulations India. Naysayers have no idea how many NASA spacecrafts failed to even lift off. Please accept congrats of educated Pakistanis.
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Sep 10, 2019 03:11pm
Its dead now !! Try again with better math and calculations , ISRO can and will do it.!
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Sep 10, 2019 03:13pm
Too little, too late.
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Sep 10, 2019 03:15pm
@Bipul , It was not a malfunctioning engine. If that was the case it wouldn't have left Earth's atmosphere.. It was because of excessive thrust on the drop down.
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Sep 10, 2019 03:20pm
It didnt had zero horizontal velocity and it was tilted to a slight 20 degrees at the altutude of 2kms, as a result it couldnt land softly with its legs..
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Sep 10, 2019 03:26pm
Now no hope for Vikram Lander as it may be damaged during its landing on moon. If it was a soft landed also its life is just 14 days. Anyways, as Orbitor is intact and working fine, the 95% of the scheduled experiments can be conducted with it for the next 7 years.
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Sep 10, 2019 03:35pm
Let them try,try and try. They will succeed.
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Sep 10, 2019 03:57pm
Soon we shall all hear that communication has been established and landing craft has finally landed. Remember india is so good in propaganda and spreading baseless information!!
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Sep 10, 2019 04:06pm
Too bad when all communication is cut off, isn't it?
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Sep 10, 2019 04:20pm
@Bipul , At least it had indigenous engine , not air ballon.
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Sep 10, 2019 04:22pm
If it had a rough landing an electrical connection or an electrical component may have broken loose.
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Sep 10, 2019 04:42pm
Remember this is Chandra Yan 2 not 1
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Sep 10, 2019 04:43pm
Sincere efforts never go waste. We have trust in ISRO. And this trust is the out come of the achievements it has garnered till date.
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Sep 10, 2019 04:44pm
Remember this is Chandra Yan 2 not 1 and India had made earlier successful mission to moon
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Sep 10, 2019 04:45pm
This is Chandra Yan 2 not 1
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Sep 10, 2019 04:55pm
We Indians seem to have bad communication skills.
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Sep 10, 2019 04:59pm
But it failed to land as planned. Communication is not possible.
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Sep 10, 2019 05:04pm
technological achievement unlocked by India.
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Sep 10, 2019 05:07pm
Who will clean up the junk sent up in space?
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Sep 10, 2019 05:11pm
Regardless of the final out, it was a great effort and technological break through, We hope lessons were learned.
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Sep 10, 2019 05:24pm
More cheap junk on the moon. Leave the moon alone.
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Sep 10, 2019 05:26pm
The lander crashed due to India's lack of technical expertise and it comes as no surprise to anybody.
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Sep 10, 2019 05:29pm
At least they tried. Successes come only after failures.
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Sep 10, 2019 05:31pm
Well done to India .. this is still a huge achievement for them to be able to send it that far on their own. Better luck next time and hope one day we will be able to emulate them in technology I.A.
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Sep 10, 2019 05:40pm
According to European Spare Agency, landing on the south pole side of the moon is a very difficult thing. There are lot of complications there.
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Sep 10, 2019 05:57pm
@Bipul , How communication has a connection with the engine?
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Sep 10, 2019 05:58pm
@Bipul , no malfunctioning it was. One part over performed than what was required.
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Sep 10, 2019 06:00pm
Great work! Just one step away from milestone..bravo!
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Sep 10, 2019 06:14pm
Happens. Move on. Good attempt.
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Sep 10, 2019 06:25pm
The media, especially the Big 5, is so strong in India, that it can build a story to make the failed mission as a big success.
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Sep 10, 2019 06:32pm
I guess it is more to do with software glitch where 5th engine failed to ignite after 4 main engines were shut off as per procedure. This is good to be in this situation to analyze and remediate fault for the success of future endeavors. Space is a final frontier for the benefit of humankind but is challenging and brutal, everything has to be done correctly and you learn from harsh failures. Those who feel dejected should rejoice and applaud efforts of all involved.
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Sep 10, 2019 06:49pm
@Bipul , You went to the lunar south pole and ascertained this? When ISRO has not revealed these details, how do you know what's happening Mr. Armchair space scientist?
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Sep 10, 2019 07:19pm
Space junk ad nauseum...
Gordon D. Walker
Canada
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Sep 10, 2019 07:23pm
Overrated and over-reported.
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Sep 10, 2019 07:39pm
Somebody didn't check the engine oil.
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Sep 10, 2019 07:46pm
never mind india, a small set back, i'm sure your goverment will send another mission again costing Billions of dollars or trillions of rupees, no problem your country is rich.
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Sep 10, 2019 08:01pm
US, Russia and China have already sent successful probes with a host of information and data collected over the years. India does not need to repeat the futile exercise with a major financial burden and top of that a major financial loss. Being a follower and Me too philosophy is not progress particularly when it fails like this one. India can do better with that money for its people at large.
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Sep 10, 2019 08:57pm
Too too good for India and humanity that India should succeed.
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Sep 10, 2019 09:29pm
Successful in landing Vikram on moon, however unsuccessful so far in communicating
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Sep 11, 2019 01:31am
India don't waste your poor people money on things which you can not do.. leave Kashmir, give human rights to minorities every thing will be then settle for you.
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Sep 11, 2019 03:15am
Very close - congratulations!!! It’s still a great feat.
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Sep 11, 2019 04:30am
@Bipul , and who are you again? Must be an arm chair expert...
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Sep 11, 2019 04:40am
@Bipul , Yeah beating the bushes. Try again.
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Sep 11, 2019 08:08am
It didnt crash land
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Sep 11, 2019 08:50am
Just went down for some tea.
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Sep 11, 2019 10:15am
The fact that Indians came so close in USD 140mln is a tremendous job.
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Sep 11, 2019 11:19am
@Shehbaz, Thank you for your positive comments. Science has no political boundaries.
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Sep 11, 2019 01:08pm
@Tahir Raouf, scientific achievements and progress helps all mankind in elevating their living standard. Future will show it's effects.
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Sep 11, 2019 01:27pm
@Moksha, absolutely right.
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Sep 11, 2019 01:32pm
@MONIER, refurbish your information. No one landed on the South Pole due to its hazardous and rocky terrain with lots of electromagnetic dust. The 3 countries chose easy landing sites. Mission was to locate water and helium gases thought to be available near the South Pole.
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Sep 11, 2019 04:56pm
The climax of Indian technology which is unable to provide adequate toilet facilities to more than 80 percent of its hapless and helpless billion plus population?
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Sep 11, 2019 05:42pm
@Farid, we are not feeling sad man! and that is why we reached so far. Science moves by logic and reason and not by emotions, failure is a part of learning process and the recent one is no exception.
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