Chandrayaan-2 | Contact With Vikram Lander Lost, Data Being Analysed: ISRO Chief

If successful, the Rs 978 crore mission will make India the fourth country after Russia, the US and China to pull off a soft landing on the Moon.

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Chandrayaan-2 | Contact With Vikram Lander Lost, Data Being Analysed: ISRO Chief

Scientists at ISRO Monitoring Centre In Bengaluru (Photo Source: ANI)

India's second lunar mission Chandrayaan-2, launched on July 22, will attempt a touchdown on unchartered lunar south pole between 1:30 am and 2:30 am on Saturday. Dubbed as the most complex and prestigious mission ever undertaken by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), Chandrayaan-2 has three elements including the Rover, the Lander and the Orbiter. Prime Minister Narendra Modi along with 60 students from across India will be at the ISRO Centre in Bengaluru to witness the "extraordinary moment in the history of India's space programme". Meanwhile, ISRO is aiming for a soft landing of lander 'Vikram' in the South Pole region of the Moon where no country has gone so far. If successful, the Rs 978 crore mission will make India the fourth country after Russia, the US and China to pull off a soft landing on the Moon.

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