
2019-9-9 08:14 |
On Saturday, at 1. 35AM IST (Friday 4. 05 EST/ 9. 05 CET), India’s Chandrayaan-2 began its descent towards the moon’s surface. There was palpable excitement among the scientists at Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), the country’s government-run space agency – and among millions following live streams on their TVs and devices at home.
However, minutes later, everything turned grim, and the space agency’s director, K Sivan, went to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to deliver the bad news: ISRO had lost contact with the Vikram lander when it was just 2. 1 km away from the lunar surface. This is Mission Control Centre. #VikramLander…
This story continues at The Next Web
. origin »
India Coin (INDIA) на Currencies.ru
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |