- By Abhinav Gupta
- Sat, 07 Sep 2019 03:11 AM (IST)
- Source:JND
New Delhi | Jagran News Desk: In what seems to be a major setback for India's Moon mission, communication with the Chandrayaan-2's lander Vikram 2.1 km from the moon’s surface and data is being analysed further, ISRO chairman K Sivan has said.
Amid the anxiety on face of scientists at the ISRO monitoring centre in Bengaluru, Prime Minister Narendra Modi lauded the efforts of the scientists and asked them to be courageous.
"There are ups and downs in life. This is not a small achievement. The nation in proud of you. Hope for the best. I congratulate you. You all have done a big service to nation, science and mankind. I am with you all the way, move forward bravely," he said before leaving from the centre.
The landing was scheduled at 1:53 am but the communication with lander Vikram was lost a few minutes before India could create history and become the first nation to land on the Moon's South Pole.
Here are the highlights on Chandrayaan-2 Moon Landing:
03:05 am: "The nation stands by the entire team of @isro as we wait in these tense times. Your hard work and commitment has made our nation proud. Jai Hind," tweets Congress.
02:38 am:
India is proud of our scientists! They’ve given their best and have always made India proud. These are moments to be courageous, and courageous we will be!
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) September 6, 2019
Chairman @isro gave updates on Chandrayaan-2. We remain hopeful and will continue working hard on our space programme.
02:31 am: PM Modi congratulates Isro for effort and asks them to 'be courageous'
02:28 am: PM Modi leaves from ISRO Monitoring Centre.
02:22 am: Ups and downs are part of life. Nation is proud of you. What we have achieved is very big. I am with you. Wish you all the best: PM Modi to ISRO
02:21 am: PM Narendra Modi leaves from ISRO monitoring centre.
02:18 am: Communication with Vikram Lander was lost after an altitude of 2.1 km. Data is being analysed: ISRO chief K Sivan
02:15 am: Monitoring system is still awaiting signal from Vikram, pin-drop silence at ISRO.
02:08 am: There is still no signal from the Vikram lander. Everyone present at the ISRO headquarters is looking anxious.
02:03 am: Final signal of successful soft-landing is awaited from Lander Vikram.
01:51 am: Rough braking phase over, Vikram lander passes on to absolute navigation phase.
01:48 am: Approximately 75 km away from landing: Spokesperson
01:46 am: These are the most crucial 15 minutes rough braking of Vikram lander is underway. Already 50 per cent volocity has been reduced.
01:37 am: Vikram begins its descent towards Moon surface.
01:30 am: PM Modi at the #ISRO Centre in Bengaluru to watch the soft landing of Vikram lander on South Pole region of moon.
01:24 am: PM Modi has reached the ISRO Monitoring Centre in Bengaluru.
01:22 am: Scientists gear up for the soft landing of Vikram lander on the South Pole region of the moon. 60 students from across the country, who were selected through the ISRO's 'Space Quiz' competition to watch the landing along with PM Modi, also present at the ISRO centre.
12:47 am: The powered descent, which India will attempt for the first time, was described as “fifteen minutes of terror” by the ISRO chairperson K Sivan. “It will be a terrifying moment for us. Everybody’s eyes would be glued to their consoles. The telemetry parameters will keep telling us that we are going in the right direction, but at the same time, there will be a lot of anxiety about what will happen in the next moment,” ISRO chairperson K Sivan had said, describing the most challenging phase of the mission after Chandrayaan 2 had entered in a lunar orbit on August 20.
12:25 am: Chandrayaan-2 Moon Landing: Lunar touchdown at 1:53 am, Moon mission timeline for next few hours
12:03 am: Vikram lander will land on Moon at 1.53am: Isro chairman Sivan
11:09 pm: Considering ISRO's budget is less than 1/20th of USA's NASA, a success story for the Rs. 1,000-crore moon mission, which cost less than Hollywood blockbuster 'Avengers: Endgame', would be a giant boost for India's space plans.
11:08 pm: The region where the lander Vikram is heading on the moon that is little explored till date - most lunar landings have taken place in the northern hemisphere or in the equatorial region.
10:48 pm: As India's first moon lander Vikram is all set to land on the moon on early on Saturday, Tamil Nadu's Sona College revealed its Special Electrical and Electronics Drives Division (SPEED) supplied three products that are its parts, including two vital components that will allow its smooth landing on the moon and collection of soil and rock samples.
10:10 pm: The final descent of Chandrayaan-2 to take place on the Lunar South Pole, tonight. Visuals from ISRO Monitoring Centre in Bengaluru.
10:03 pm: Prime Minister reaches Bengaluru to watch live the historic landing of Chandrayaan-2 on Moon's surface from ISRO Centre.
10:02 pm: Jerry Michael Linengar, former Nasa astronaut is in India to do a special show at 11.30pm on Friday night on Chandrayaan-2 moon landing that will be live telecast on National Geographic.
09:03 pm: Chandrayaan-2 is India's first attempt at soft-landing on the surface of the moon. With a success rate of 52 per cent, a total number of 38 soft landing attempts on the moon have been made by the space agencies so far.
08:09 pm: Chandrayaan 2 | In Pics: Ahead of historic Moon landing, ISRO releases in-depth details of mission
07:23 pm: Details of flight sequence of Chandrayaan-2:
07:21 pm: Details of India’s Chandrayaan-2 mission: Chandrayaan 2 is an Indian lunar mission that will boldly go where no country has ever gone before-- the Moon’s south polar.
07:19 pm: Details of India's Chandrayaan-2 Mission: The mission's payloads consists of Terrain Mapping Camera-2, Large Area Soft X-ray Spectrometer, Solar X-Ray Monitor, Imaging IR Spectrometer among others.
06:19 pm: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chief K Sivan on Friday said that Vikram module of Chandrayaan-2 will reach the moon at a place where no one else has gone before and expressed confidence about its soft landing.
“We’re going to land at a place where no one else has gone before. We’re confident about the soft landing. We’re waiting for tonight,” said Sivan while speaking to ANI.
06:06 pm: The soft landing will be telecast live from 1.10 a.m on Doordarshan, webcast on ISRO website and streamed on YouTube, Facebook and Twitter.
06:02 pm: As if the Chandrayaan launch is the first in the country. As if before they came to power, no such missions were taken up. It is an attempt to divert attention from economic disaster: Mamata Banerjee on Chandrayaan-2
05:58 pm: West Bengal: Micro artist draws miniature painting of Chandrayaan-2's landing on thumbnail.
05:43 pm: Prime Minister Narendra Modi to address nation at 6 am, after Chandrayaan-2's soft-landing on Moon, according to media reports.
05:32 pm: Hyderabad, Telangana: Ganesha Pandal inspired by Chandrayaan-2 installed in the city. A 5 feet tall Ganesha idol is placed inside miniature satellite of 23.5 feet length.
04:49 pm: Chandrayaan 2: PM Modi urges citizens to witness, share 'special moments' of historic landing
04:46 pm: Why is Chandrayaan 2 Moon Mission so important for India
04:37 pm: Maharashtra: Chandrayaan-2 theme Lord Ganpati 'pandal' has been set up in Mumbai.
04:36 pm: According to ISRO, the lunar South Pole is especially interesting because of the lunar surface area here that remains in shadow is much larger than that at the North Pole and there was a possibility of the presence of water in permanently shadowed areas around it.
In addition, South Pole region had craters that are "cold traps" and contain a fossil record of the early Solar System. India's Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle, GSLV MkIII-M1 had successfully launched the 3,840-kg Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft into the earth's orbit on July 22.
04:28 pm: The Rs 978 crore unmanned moon mission (satellite cost Rs 603 crore, GSLV MK III cost Rs 375 crore) is expected to shed light on a completely unexplored section of the Moon — its South Polar region.
04:23 pm: At a height of 100m, Vikram will hover for a few seconds before the final descent. "Within each landing site, two zones are identified of size 500m x 500m, separated by 1.6km. The prime target will be the first zone," says an Isro paper.
04:21 pm: Chandrayaan 2: ISRO awaits 'terrifying moment' as India's Moon mission set to create history
04:07 pm: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and schoolchildren will see the historic landing live from the space agency's control room.
04:01 pm: ISRO has said Chandrayaan-2 will attempt to soft land the lander and rover in a high plain between two craters, Manzinus C and Simpelius N, at a latitude of about 70 south.
03:57 pm: I urge you all to watch the special moments of Chandrayaan - 2 descending on to the Lunar South Pole! Do share your photos on social media. I will re-tweet some of them too: PM Modi
03:46 pm: "Everything... sensors, computers, command systems... has to work perfectly. But we are confident in the sense we have conducted a large number of simulations on the ground; it gives us the confidence it would go alright.": Official at ISRO Centre in Bengaluru.