Chandrayaan-2 Landing LIVE Updates: Narendra Modi to address nation at 8 am after ISRO loses contact with Moon lander 'Vikram'

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07:37 (IST)

Your work is not in vain: Rahul Gandhi congratulates team ISRO after Moon Mission failure 

After ISRO's plan to soft-land Chandrayaan-2's 'Vikram' module on the lunar surface did not go as planned, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi congratulated the ISRO team for their "incredible work" on the Chandrayaa-2 Moon Mission. 

"Your passion and dedication is an inspiration to every Indian. Your work is not in vain. It has laid the foundation for many more path breaking and ambitious Indian space missions," said Rahul. 

07:25 (IST)

Lander 'Vikram' of the Chandrayaan-2 fails to make a smooth soft-landing

ISRO's plan to soft-land Chandrayaan-2's Vikram module on the Lunar surface did not go as per script in the early hours of Saturday, with the lander losing communication with ground stations during its final descent.

07:23 (IST)

Narendra Modi to address nation today after Moon lander 'Vikram' loses contact

 

In the backdrop of Chandrayaan-2's lander 'Vikram' losing contact with ground stations in the wee hours of Saturday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi in an early morning tweet announced he would interacting with the space scientists at the ISRO Centre in Bengaluru.

Prior to Modi's tweet, the ISRO had said that he will be addressing the nation from ISRO Control Centre at 8 am today (7 September). 

Chandrayaan-2 Landing LATEST Updates:  Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the nation at 8 am on Saturday, in the backdrop of Chandrayaan-2's lander 'Vikram' losing contact with ground stations.

"#ISRO Honorable Prime Minister Shri. Narendra Modi will address the nation from ISRO Control Centre today (7 September, 2019) at 08.00 hrs IST," ISRO tweeted.

ISRO's plan to soft-land Chandrayaan-2's Vikram module on the Lunar surface did not go as per script in the early hours of Saturday, with the lander losing communication with ground stations during its final descent.

Vikram's descent was as planned and normal performance was observed up to an altitude of 2.1 km.

"Subsequently, communication from Lander to the ground stations was lost," ISRO said, adding that data was being analyzed.

Modi, who flew into Bengaluru on Friday night to watch the planned touch-down of Vikram, told ISRO scientists not to get dejected and disheartened and said the country is proud of them.



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