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India in grief as moon landing mission fails
NEW DELHI: India’s ambitious moon mission ended in disappointment after communication with the lander, in the final moments of its descent, was lost. A successful Chandrayaan-2 mission would have made India the fourth country – after the United States, Russia
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India loses contact with Chandrayaan-2 before moon landing
India’s second Moon mission, Chandrayaan-2’s Lander Vikram, lost communication with the ground station at an altitude of 2.1 kilometres from the Lunar surface, said Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chief K Sivan on Saturday, Xinhua news agency reported. Vikram was
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India’s space launch delayed by technical problem
The launch of India’s second lunar mission has been halted less than an hour before the scheduled blast-off, due to a technical problem. The countdown stopped 56 minutes before the launch after a “technical snag was observed in launch vehicle
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