Isro continues effort to contact Vikram; Chandrayaan-2 lander 'not broken'
Not losing hope, the Indian Space Research Organisation continued to make all-out efforts to establish link with Chandrayaan-2 's 'Vikram' lander, now lying on the lunar surface after a hard-landing. Vikram, with rover 'Pragyan' housed inside it, hit the lunar surface after communication with the ground-stations was lost during its final descent, just 2.1 km above the lunar surface, in the early hours of Saturday. "It had a hard-landing very close to the planned (touch-down) site as per the images sent by the on-board camera of the orbiter. The lander is there as a single piece, not broken into pieces. It's in a tilted position," an Isro official associated with the mission claimed on Monday. "We are making all-out efforts to see whether communication can be re-established with the lander," the official said. "An Isro team is the on the job at IsroTelemetry, Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC) here." Chandrayaan-2