Chandrayaan 2
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Chandrayaan-2: Here's the first illuminated image of lunar surface
Science | Oct 17, 2019, 11:49 PM ISTChandrayaan-2's IIRS payload has acquired the first illuminated image of the lunar surface, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said on Thursday. IIRS is designed to measure reflected sunlight from the lunar surface in narrow and continguous spectral channels.
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Will NASA be able to locate Vikram lander this time?
Science | Oct 15, 2019, 02:44 PM ISTThe US space agency had earlier said its LRO had passed over the landing site of Vikram on September 17 and acquired a set of high-resolution images of the area.
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Chandrayaan-2 takes breathtaking pictures of moon. Take a look
Science | Oct 05, 2019, 03:43 PM ISTAccording to the ISRO, the pictures taken by the Orbiter from a height of 100 km from the moon surface are part of the Boguslawsky E Crater -- measuring about 14 km in diameter and 3 km depth -- and surroundings which lie in the Southern Polar region of the moon.
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Chandrayaan 2’s Orbiter payload detects charged particles on Moon
Science | Oct 04, 2019, 10:35 AM ISTCLASS, a payload aboard India's second Moon mission Chandrayaan2’s Orbiter payload, in its first few days of observation, detected charged particles, and its intensity variations, the Indian Space Research Organisation said on Thursday.
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No, ISRO has not given up efforts to contact Vikram Lander
Science | Oct 01, 2019, 03:49 PM ISTThe Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is continuing to spring Chandrayaan-2's Vikram Lander to life. ISRO has not given up efforts even after three weeks after Vikram's hard-landing on the lunar surface.
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Vikram had 'hard landing' on Moon, NASA releases photos
Science | Sep 27, 2019, 09:42 AM ISTVikram was scheduled to touch down on September 7. This event was India's first attempt at a soft landing on the Moon.
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Chandrayaan 2 a learning experience: NASA engineer
Science | Sep 26, 2019, 01:31 PM ISTAnne Devereaux, working at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) of NASA, is the lead flight system engineer for the US space agency's Mars 2020 mission.
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No sign of Vikram lander as NASA’s LRO fails to capture landing site
Science | Sep 25, 2019, 09:58 AM ISTThe sun has set on the Vikram landing site, located near the lunar south pole, and the lander was not designed to survive the frigid, dark lunar night.
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Should ISRO rejig its priorities, experts differ
Science | Sep 24, 2019, 04:56 PM ISTShould the Indian space agency rearrange its priorities was the question posed.
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ISRO to send Indian astronaut in its own rocket by 2021: Sivan
Science | Sep 22, 2019, 11:14 AM ISTWhile addressing the eighth convocation of IIT, Bhubaneswar, K Sivan said that the plan to make a soft landing on the lunar surface by Chandrayaan-2's 'Vikram' module did not go as per script but it will not have any bearing with on ISRO's Gaganyaan mission.
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Expecting Vikram Lander to function after free fall is hopeless
Science | Sep 21, 2019, 04:26 PM ISTDr. Thakkar said since it involves a large sum of public money, ISRO and those involved must ask difficult questions of themselves beyond just sentimentalism.
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Chandrayaan-2 mission has achieved 98 per cent objectives: ISRO chief
Science | Sep 21, 2019, 03:38 PM ISTSivan also said Chandrayaan-2 orbiter is doing well and performing scheduled science experiments.
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Vikram Lander: Bitter goodbye or see you soon?
Science | Sep 21, 2019, 01:52 PM ISTThe lander was designed to work on the surface of the moon during relative daylight. It was designed for a soft landing but had made a hard landing. To top it all, it had an operational life of 14 earth days, which ended Saturday morning.
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Stay well, Vikram
Science | Sep 20, 2019, 02:46 PM ISTThe clock is ticking. Time is running. Chances are slim. We may never be able to strike communication with Vikram Lander if not today. Even if Vikram managed survival during its September 7 lunar descent while losing contact with the earth, Vikram Lander's instruments will be frozen out of operation during the cold lunar night of September 21.
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Chandrayaan-2: What is ISRO saying on communication loss with Vikram
Science | Sep 19, 2019, 08:01 PM ISTIn its latest update on Chandrayaan-2, ISRO said a national-level committee comprising academics and ISRO experts are analysing the cause of communication loss with Vikram Lander ahead of its planned soft landing on the lunar surface.
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NASA captures images of Chandrayaan-2 Moon landing site
Science | Sep 19, 2019, 08:04 PM ISTNASA's Moon orbiter has captured images of the lunar region where Chandrayaan-2 made an attempt to soft land, PTI quoted a media report as saying. According to the report, NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft has snapped a series of images during its flyby on September 17 of Vikram's attempted landing sight near the Moon's uncharted south pole, and the US space agency is now analysing and reviewing them.
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Chandrayaan-2 orbiter performing scheduled science experiments: ISRO
Science | Sep 19, 2019, 06:37 PM ISTLatest update on Chandrayaan-2: Chandrayaan-2 orbiter is continuing to perform scheduled science experiments to complete satisfaction, ISRO said in its latest update on Twitter.
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Brad Pitt asks Nasa astronaut if he spotted India's Vikram lander
Trending | Sep 17, 2019, 04:57 PM ISTIndia's Moon Mission and Vikram Lander were a part of the Monday conversation between the actor and astronaut Nick Hague.
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Chandrayaan, Mars mission man Annadurai a persona non grata at ISRO?
India | Sep 14, 2019, 02:12 PM ISTHas Padma Shri M. Annadurai, former Director of the U.R. Rao Satellite Centre (URSC) and who was involved in India's three inter-planetary missions, a persona non grata at the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) wonder serving and retired officials.
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Just one week left for ISRO to establish contact with Vikram Lander
Science | Sep 13, 2019, 07:41 PM ISTPrecisely, a time period of just 8 days is left for ISRO to establish communication with Vikram Lander that went silent on September 7 during its final descent on the Chandrayaan-2 moon mission. This one-week window of opportunity for ISRO, the Indian space agency, to restore link with Vikram Lander will close on September 21. Even though hopes are fading with every passing moment, ISRO is pulling all stops to strike a communication with Vikram Lander. American Space Agency NASA too has joined in to help ISRO have this breakthrough of communicating with Chandrayaan-2 Vikram Lander.