BANGALORE, India — India’s attempt to land a robotic spacecraft near the moon’s South Pole on Saturday appeared to end in failure. The initial parts of the descent went smoothly. But less than two miles above the surface, the trajectory diverged from the planned path. The mission control room fell silent as communications from the […]
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For the last two weeks, India’s Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft has been lowering its orbit around the moon as it prepares for India’s first attempt at a lunar landing. On Monday, the Vikram lunar lander separated from the Chandrayaan-2 orbiter, in the last major maneuver before the scheduled landing on Friday. If everything goes as planned, India
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Chandrayaan-2 was launched in July. Getty/Arun Sankar The moment of truth has almost arrived for India’s Chandrayaan-2 mission to the moon. After blasting off in July and snapping some gorgeous moon photos on the way, the spacecraft is now ready to begin its final descent to the moon’s currently unexplored south pole. At 3:12 p.m. PT
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The Chandrayaan-2 mission recently divided into two separate spacecraft ahead of India’s first soft moon landing attempt, which is expected to take place on Sept. 7. On Monday, the Chandrayaan-2 Orbiter and the Chandrayaan-2 Vikram Lander split from each other around 3:45 a.m. EDT, Space.com reported. The orbiter will orbit the moon’s poles for roughly
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Jul 20, 2019 Posted by Dr. Nidhi Arora in Research, Tech News | 0 comments Chandrayaan-2 which was previously scheduled to launch on 15th July, 2019 at 2:51 hrs was called off due to some technical hitch. An expert committee analyzed the issue and suggested some corrective actions which have already been implemented. As
