JUST IN: India's attempt to soft land a rover on the far side of the moon may have failed after communication with the craft was lost in the final moments
India's historic attempt to soft land a rover on the moon may have ended in failure moments before landing on Saturday morning, India time. Scientists scrambled to analyze the final communication from Chandrayaan-2.
"Vikram lander descent was as planned and normal performance was observed till the altitude of 2.1 km. Subsequently the communication from the lander to ground station was lost. The data is being analysed," said K. Sivan, chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation, the country's equivalent of NASA.The rover built to land on the lunar surface seen on a ramp moving into the main vehicle of Chandrayaan-2."It is not a small thing that we have achieved. Be courageous.
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