Chandrayaan 2: India’s second moon mission — complete coverage

Updated - December 04, 2021 11:52 pm IST

Getting set: Hoisting of the Vikram lander during the Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft integration. ISRO ISRO

Getting set: Hoisting of the Vikram lander during the Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft integration. ISRO ISRO

The dream run of India’s ambitious second lunar mission, Chandrayaan 2 ended in a tragedy early on September 7 as the Indian Space Research Organisation lost contact with the spacecraft’s lander Vikram.

The mission was launched on July 22 by India’s most powerful rocket GSLV MkIII-M1.

Published - July 13, 2019 04:46 pm IST

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An artist’s depiction of the Chandrayaan 2 Lander Vikram on the moon. Photo: YouTube/ISRO Official

Chandrayaan-2's Vikram hard landed within 500 metres of touchdown site, says govt.

A screengrab of the Chandrayaan 2 Lander Vikram’s targeted landing site between two craters on the lunar south pole captured by the LRO Camera.

Latest Moon flyby finds no trace of India’s Chandrayaan-2 Vikram lander: NASA

Chandrayaan 2: ISRO releases pictures of moon surface

The scene above was captured from a Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera Quickmap fly-around of Chandrayaan 2 Lander Vikram’s targeted landing site between the Manzinus C and Simpelius N craters on the lunar south pole. Photo: NASA/Goddard/Arizona State University

Chandrayaan 2 Vikram Lander had a hard-landing, may be hiding in a shadow: NASA

Special Correspondent

A file photo of the ‘live telecast video grab’ of soft landing of Vikram module of Chandrayaan 2 on lunar surface.

Chandrayaan 2’s Vikram lander, Pragyan rover fade into lunar sunset, their batteries likely dead

Madhumathi D.S.

ISRO Chairman K. Sivan. File Photo.

Sivan terms Chandrayaan 2 mission a huge success

Satyasundar Barik

Almost two weeks after it lost signal contact with its moon lander Vikram, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has formally put out a six-line statement to imply a closure of sorts on the lander and that it was moving on.

Chandrayaan 2: As lunar night falls, ISRO to call it a day on revival of Vikram Lander

Madhumathi D.S.

Moon’s south pole, visualised with data from NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. Photo: Twitter/@NASA_NCCS

NASA orbiter captures images of Chandrayaan 2 Lander Vikram’s attempted landing site

Has Chandrayaan 2’s Vikram Lander setback affected India’s moon mission?

Madhumathi D.S.

The last image of Vikram relayed at ISRO’s communication centre just before the agency announced that communication was lost with the lander. Photo: YouTube/ISRO Official

Chandrayaan 2 orbiter ‘sights’ Vikram lander on moon

While ISRO is trying to establish contact with Vikram, the Space Physics Laboratory is in a tizzy.

Chandrayaan-2: VSSC scientists keep fingers crossed for establishing contact with Vikram

Special Correspondent

Officials watch live telecast of the Chandrayaan 2 mission at ISRO Telemetry Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC), in Bengaluru, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2019.

Chandrayaan-2: A rapid dive to 15 minutes of terror

Madhumathi D.S.

ISRO employees and media personnel gather at the ISRO Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC) centre in Bengaluru early on September 7, 2019 to watch the live broadcast of the soft-landing of Chandrayaan 2’s Vikram lander on the moon. Screen shows the lander before it is supposed to land on the moon.

After Vikram lander debacle, ISRO shifts focus to Chandrayaan 2’s orbiter

Madhumathi D.S.

Media persons watch a live broadcast of Chandryaan 2 lander Vikram’s planned soft-landing at the ISRO Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network centre in Bengaluru early on September 7, 2019.

Vikram lander debacle |

15 nervous minutes that united India: When smiles vanished and tension took over

Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacts with ISRO Chairman K Sivan after connection with the Vikram lander was lost during soft landing of Chandrayaan 2 on lunar surface, in Bengaluru on Saturday.

ISRO launches to resume in October: Sivan

Special Correspondent

Narendra Modi with ISRO scientists in Bengaluru.

ISRO emerges the star of the show

Special Correspondent

Members of the India media cover the developments at the ISRO Telemetry Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC) facility in Bengaluru on September 6, 2019, as the countdown for the proposed soft-landing of the Vikram Lander on the lunar surface.

Landers are always on slippery slope

Officials watch live telecast of the Chandrayaan 2 mission at ISRO Telemetry Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC), in Bengaluru, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2019.

2.1 km from moon's surface, Vikram goes silent

India’s historic mission to soft-land a rover on the moon’s uncharted South Pole may have gone awry, but the landmark attempt highlighted its engineering prowess and growing ambitions to become a space superpower, the global media commented on Saturday.

From ‘all is not lost’ to ‘a broken dream’: foreign media’s mixed reactions to Chandrayaan 2

Prime Minister Narendra Modi consoles ISRO Chairman Kailasavadivoo Sivan as he got emotional after the Vikram lander connection was lost during soft landing of Chandrayaan 2 on lunar surface, in Bengaluru, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2019.

Chandrayaan 2: nation rallies behind ISRO after it lost contact with Vikram lander

Prime Minister Narendra Modi consoles ISRO Chairman Kailasavadivoo Sivan as he got emotional after the Vikram lander connection was lost during soft landing of Chandrayaan 2 on lunar surface, in Bengaluru, on Saturday, Sept. 7, 2019.

Modi gives a tight hug to an emotional ISRO chief

Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacts with ISRO Chairman K. Sivan after connection with the Vikram lander was lost during soft landing of Chandrayaan 2 on lunar surface, in Bengaluru, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2019.

Chandrayaan 2: Our resolve will not waver, Modi tells ISRO scientists

Special Correspondent

An artist’s depiction of the Chandrayaan 2 Lander Vikram on the moon. Photo: YouTube/ISRO Official

Chandrayaan 2: Vikram on the cusp of historic lunar landing

Madhumathi D.S.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacts with ISRO Chairman K Sivan after connection with the Vikram lander was lost during soft landing of Chandrayaan 2 on lunar surface, in Bengaluru on Saturday.

“No need to get dejected”, PM tells ISRO scientists

The last image of Vikram relayed at ISRO’s communication centre just before the agency announced that communication was lost with the lander. Photo: YouTube/ISRO Official

Communications from lander ‘Vikram’ lost: ISRO

Former NASA astronaut Jerry Linenger. Photo: NASA

Soft landing on moon | This mission is for the planet, says former astronaut

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Photo: Twitter/@isro

Chandrayaan 2 chronicles: ISRO, orbiter, lander, rover indulge in ‘banter’ ahead of touchdown

The GSLV Mark III carrying Chandrayaan-2 to its designated orbit at Sriharikota on July 22, 2019.

Chandrayaan 2 | A chequered story

Special Correspondent

An artist’s depiction of Chandrayaan 2’s Lander Vikram setting foot on the moon. Photo: YouTube/ISRO Official

Chandrayaan 2: when Vikram sets foot on the moon

Madhumathi D.S.

The control centre of ISRO Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network in Bengaluru on September 3, 2019. Photo: Twitter/@isro

Modi to witness ‘Vikram’ soft-landing on moon

An illustration of Chandrayaan-2 lander Vikram. Photo: ISRO

Chandrayaan-2 lander homing in on moon

Special Correspondent

An illustration of Chandrayaan-2 lander Vikram. Photo: ISRO

Chandrayaan 2 | Moon lander Vikram all set to land on September 7

An illustration of Chandrayaan-2 lander Vikram. Photo: ISRO

Chandrayaan 2 lander Vikram undergoes first of 2 ‘de-orbiting’ manoeuvres

Special Correspondent

Photo: Twitter/@isro

Chandrayaan 2 completes final lunar orbit manoeuvre, stage set for lander separation

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ISRO said it performed a nearly 20-minute third orbit action on the spacecraft which had been orbiting the moon since August 20.

Chandrayaan-2 narrows gap from Moon

Special Correspondent

Moon as viewed by Chandrayaan 2’s LI4 camera on August 21, 2019. Photo: ISRO

Chandrayaan 2 sends first moon picture

The Hindu Net Desk

The orbiter goes around the moon in a pole-to-pole ellipse of 114 km x 18,072 km.

Chandrayaan-2 placed deftly in lunar orbit

Special Correspondent

Chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) K. Sivan, addressing Press Conference regarding Chandrayaan-2 mission , at ISRO headquarters, in Bengaluru on August 20, 2019.

Chandrayaan-2: It was a tense 30 minutes, says ISRO Chairman

Mission moon: The Lunar Orbit Insertion is probably one of the two top orbit manoeuvres of the mission.

Chandrayaan-2 successfully inserted into Lunar orbit

The Hindu Net Desk

Mission moon: The Lunar Orbit Insertion is probably one of the two top orbit manoeuvres of the mission.

Crucial manoeuvre for Chandrayaan-2 today

Watch: Chandrayaan-2 launched successfully

The GSLV Mark III carrying Chandrayaan-2 to its designated orbit at Sriharikotta on Monday.

Chandrayaan-2 launch live: spacecraft successfully placed in orbit

The Hindu Net Desk

Chandrayaan 2 Moon mission’s Pragyan rover on the ramp of the Vikram lander at the clean room prior to its integration with the launch vehicle. Photo: ISRO

Chandrayaan-2 to try moon landing on Sept. 7

ISRO’s GSLV carrying Chandrayaan-2 stands at Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota after the mission was aborted at the last minute on July 15.

Chandrayaan-2 launch on July 22

Madhumathi D.S.

An ISRO official announces in Sriharikota on July 15, 2019 that the Chandrayaan 2 mission launch was called off.

ISRO calls off Chandrayaan 2 launch due to technical glitch

The GSLV MkIII-M1 rocket being prepared for launch in Sriharikota. Photo: ISRO

How will Chandrayaan 2 study the moon?

Shubashree Desikan

Chandrayaan-2’s aim is to improve our understanding of the Moon — discoveries that will benefit India and humanity as a whole. Photo: ISRO

The Hindu Science Quiz Of Chandrayaan-2, India’s Moon Mission

A.S. Nazir Ahamed,Shubashree Desikan

Watch: India set for Chandrayaan 2 launch

Chandrayaan-2’s aim is to improve our understanding of the Moon — discoveries that will benefit India and humanity as a whole. Photo: ISRO

Chandrayaan-2 all set for 3.84 lakh km voyage

Special Correspondent

ISRO scientists work on the orbiter vehicle and lander of Chandrayaan-2 in Bengaluru.

India’s Moon Mission: Ten things to know about Chandrayaan-2

An illustration of Chandrayaan-2 lander Vikram. Photo: ISRO

ISRO’s lunar touchdown has dry run on soil fetched from Tamil Nadu

Madhumathi D.S.

ISRO chairman K. Sivan meets seer Vidyadheesha Tirtha at the Sri Krishna mutt in Udupi on July 7. Photo: Special Arrangement

Ahead of Chandrayaan 2 launch, ISRO chairman K. Sivan offers special prayers at Udupi Krishna mutt

Special Correspondent

This water is more common at higher latitudes and tends to hop around as the surface heats up.

Chandrayaan-2 will carry 14 Indian payloads

Special Correspondent

Chandrayaan-2 most complex mission: ISRO chief Sivan

NEW DELHI, 18/01/2019: ISRO Chairman Dr. K. Sivan in New Delhi on January 18, 2019.
Photo by R V Moorthy / The Hindu

ISRO plans to land a rover on lunar south pole: Sivan

The engineering model of the rover of Chandrayaan-2, built by ISRO Satellite Centre, Bengaluru.

‘Chandrayaan 2 will carry NASA’s laser instruments to Moon’

Lunar lander faces crucial test

Madhumathi D.S.

KARNATAKA - BENGALURU - 31/07/2018 : The picture taken on 25/06/2016, shows the engineering model of the rover of Chandrayaan-2, built by ISRO Satellite Centre, Bengaluru. The rover will roll down the ramp of the lander of Chandrayaan-2. The rover, with six aluminium wheels, will move about for 14 earth days or one lunar day on the moon's surface, conducting different experiments. Photo: K. Murali Kumar.

Scaled down test for safe landing of Chandrayaan-2 lander

Chandrayaan-2 launch vehicle to be moved to launchpad by Sunday

Special Correspondent

Chandrayaan-2: Lunar orbiter spacecraft arrives in Sriharikota

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The Lander and Orbiter of Chandrayaan -2 being test and assembled by ISRO scientists at ISITE, in Bengaluru on Wednesday.

Chandrayaan-2 launch on July 15: ISRO

Madhumathi D.S.

ISRO gears up for Chandrayaan-2 mission

Madhumathi D.S.

A scale model of Chandrayaan-1 displayed at Anna Science Centre - Planetarium, in Tiruchi. File

Chandrayaan-1 data confirms presence of ice on Moon: NASA

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