4th lunar landing country failed delivery

The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) announced that the lander Vikram, which was separated from the lunar probe Chandrayan 2, had lost communication with the ground control center and did not respond during a 2.1 km altitude descent from the moon. Communications have not been restored since, and Indian Prime Minister Modi said the landing had failed.

In the past few years, space agencies have been fiercely competing for the moon. This year alone, on January 3, China successfully landed a probe behind the moon, and in April, the Israeli civilian lunar probe Beresheet left several photos due to a communication fault just before the lunar landing, and crashed into the moon and failed.

If this landing was successful, India would have been named the fourth country in history to land on the moon. Unfortunately, it didn’t happen, but Prime Minister Modi said he encouraged the discouraged engineer that he had already done a great job. Meanwhile, the probe Chandrayan 2 orbiting the moon will continue to explore the moon for the next year. Related information can be found here .