ISRO thanks all Indians for support after it lost contact with Chandrayaan-2’s Vikram lander
The HinduIndian Space Research Organisation has expressed gratitude to Indians in the country and abroad for the support it received after the space agency lost contact with the lander of Chandrayaan-2, minutes before touchdown on the Moon recently. The space agency had got support from the entire nation, despite it losing communication with the lander ‘Vikram’ ahead of the touchdown on September 7, with people from all walks of life praising ISRO and its scientists for the achievement. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who had flown down to Bengaluru to watch the planned touchdown of Vikram, had told ISRO scientists not to get dejected and disheartened and said the country was proud of them. Lander Vikram, with rover Pragyan housed inside it, lost communication with ground-stations during its final descent, just 2.1 km above the lunar surface, minutes before the planned touchdown on the Moon.