'Mission Mangal' actor Akshay Kumar who played role of a scientist in his latest film, took to his Twitter handle to share a morale-boosting mess for ISRO scientists. He wrote that he is proud and confident that Chandrayaan 2 will make way for Chandrayaan 3 soon and 'we will rise again', he wrote. ISRO's plan to soft-land Chandrayaan-2's Vikram module on Lunar surface did t go as per script in early hours of Saturday, with lander losing communication with ground stations during its final descent. Read his full tweet -        

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Vikram Lander loses contact

Towards final moments of historic feat, just before it landed on surface of Moon,  mission suffered some technical glitches. As it stands, ISRO's Twitter handle shared that y have lost communication at 3:00am IST. Speaking about situation, ISRO Chairman K Sivan confirmed in a statement that contact with Vikram lander was lost at about 2.1 kilometers above Moon's surface and added that ground station is analysing data. ISRO said data from Chandrayaan 2 mission is being analysed.

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ABOUT MISSION MANGAL

In "Mission Mangal", Akshay plays role of a scientist, who along with fellow colleagues spearheads India's mission to send a craft to orbit Mars. film, directed by Jagan Shakti, is based on real-life scientists, who contributed to India's first interplanetary expedition, Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), launched by ISRO in 2013.  trailer of movie has generated a lot of traction on social media. Or than Akshay Kumar, re are five more leading female actresses are in film. movie also stars veteran actor Dalip Tahil, Mohd Zeeshan Ayyub, and Sharat Saxena.

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