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Chandrayaan 2’s Vikram lander landed within 500 mts of the landing site on the moon’s surface, said the government. The indigenously developed Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft comprising of orbiter, lander and rover was successfully launched on-board the indigenous GSLV MK III-M1 Mission on July 22.

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NASA has found no evidence of Chandrayaan 2’s Vikram lander in its flyby of its Moon orbiter. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) had attempted a soft landing on September 7  but lost communication with the lander just minutes before the scheduled landing time. 
 

The Imaging Infrared Spectrometer (IIRS) in Chandrayaan 2 is designed to measure the reflected sunlight and emitted part of Moonlight from the lunar surface in narrow and contiguous spectral channels. ISRO has shared the first illuminated image of the lunar surface on its Twitter handle.

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Taking a jibe at the Prime Minister for the Chandrayaan-2 mission, Rahul Gandhi, the former AICC chief said that shooting rockets to the moon won’t feed hungry stomachs. 

ISRO shared the pictures of the moon on the micro blogging site. These images were acquired on September 5 by the ISRO from a 100-km altitude with the help of Chandrayaan 2

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Prayers to establish contact with Vikram Lander: Devotees offered special prayers at Sri Kailasanathar Temple in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu. It is one of the nine temples dedicated to Navagraha (nine planets). 
 

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In a statement, Japan embassy said that Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and ISRO are planning a Japan-India joint lunar exploration that would be launched in the early 2020s

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Sunday (September 8), addressed a gathering at Rohtak, Haryana and said that India's moon mission has "brought the country together"

While the lander part of Chandrayaan2, Vikram, remains incommunicado, the Orbiter is in perfect health. Though the landing may not have taken place, India has been 95% successful in sending its mission to moon

 The nation rises in support of Indian scientists of ISRO and its mission Chandrayaan-2 after its plan to soft land Vikram near the moon's south pole did not go as per script. It's not just Prime Minister Modi, but citizens and celebrities from the world of cinema and sports have come together to say they are proud of ISRO.

Prominent actors like Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan and Kamal Hassan offered words of encouragement to ISRO scientists and hailed them for the moon mission - Chandrayaan-2