NASA fails to find Indian moon lander 'Vikram' and releases images of empty landing site three weeks

[IbnAbdullah]

Salaam

I'm curious about why NASA released this information. Did the Indians request them to search for it? Or was there another reason for it?

 

[Flight of falcon]

It is possible that the mission was lost long before MODI showed up and he made this yet another surgical strike wet dream.

 

[Mrc]

Who knows what drama they have cooked up to grab headlines

 

[manlion]

Vikram, where are you? The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) lost contact with its lunar lander as it headed towards the moon's surface on Sept. 6. Since losing contact, ISRO has engaged in a rescue mission of sorts, listening to the sky hoping to hear from what was to be the first spacecraft to explore the moon's south pole. As part of that mission, NASA has stepped in to help, sending the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) over the supposed landing site to join the search on Sept. 17. But the news is grim. There's no sign of Vikram.

Early reports suggested the LRO was unable to locate the lander due to intense shadows as dusk descended on the moon. With the sunlight disappearing and an official location of the downed lander lacking, the official word is: Wait until we get another look.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1177326999657943060

NASA said in a media release on Friday that the LRO camera performed a scan of the targeted landing region, peering across some 150 kilometers (93 miles). The LRO team was unable to locate the lander.

It's not all bad news for India's lunar exploration robot, however. The next time LRO passes over the Vikram landing site in October, the sun will be shining. That should give the NASA search party a chance for a clearer look -- and hopefully our first idea about Vikram's fate.

https://www.cnet.com/news/nasas-lunar-orbiter-couldnt-find-indias-lost-moon-lander/

 

[RIP Pak LAW]

Probably the probe was burnt into pieces before landing. Isro was lying that their porbe vikram actually landed.

 

[Mrc]

Itz in the toilet

 

[loanranger]

Its inside/with Modi.

 

[manlion]

ISRO sanghis can enlist the help of the Malaysian shamans to locate Vikram

Looking for Vikram

https://www.ibtimes.com/mh370-malay...g-malaysian-airlines-flight-islamic-religious

 

[kris]

Probably the probe was burnt into pieces before landing. Isro was lying that their porbe vikram actually landed.

There is no atmosphere on moon for it to burn

 

[rott]

BBC confirmed the lander crashed into the moon. It made a hard landing.

 

[hussain0216]

Having moon tea

Tea was fantastic!

 

[khansaheeb]

Why am i not surprised

Vikram is here, Indian hi-tec moon buggy:-

 

[jamahir]

There is no atmosphere on moon for it to burn

@Salza is probably talking about the engine exploding.

But I must say, ISRO created too much drama around Chandrayaan 2. We must learn from the Russians, the Chinese and SpaceX on how to achieve without being melodramatic.

By the way, there is still Team Indus waiting to get cargo space in an ISRO moon rocket. Maybe you know that Team Indus is one of the finalists in the Google Lunar X Prize.

ISRO must accept that Chandrayaan is gone and must provide cargo space to Team Indus.

 

[kris]

@Salza is probably talking about the engine exploding.

But I must say, ISRO created too much drama around Chandrayaan 2. We must learn from the Russians, the Chinese and SpaceX on how to achieve without being melodramatic.

By the way, there is still Team Indus waiting to get cargo space in an ISRO moon rocket. Maybe you know that Team Indus is one of the finalists in the Google Lunar X Prize.

ISRO must accept that Chandrayaan is gone and must provide cargo space to Team Indus.

The drama is because we are the latest entrants and the project is very big for Indian scientific community....
May be 20 years down the line it won't be celebrated much just like pslv. Just another launch

 

[@RV]

Its funny watching people trying to land junk on the moon when they have hundreds of millions in poverty

Your point being, if there is poverty in a country, they shouldn't focus on science and exploration.