Chandrayaan 2: Brad Pitt asks ISS if it saw India's Moon lander

Making a call to International Station (ISS), Hollywood actor Brad Pitt on Monday asked if ISS astronauts have spotted India's Moon lander Vikram. Pitt on Monday spoke to NASA astronaut Nick Hague and asked him about India's moon mission. His 17 minutes-long conversation with Hague (who is currently at ISS) was telecast by NASA TV. During his conversation, Pitt at 4:52 minutes asked: "I went to JPL last week, it was on day India was landing on Moon..Could you see that from where you are?" Responding to his question, Hague said that he was unable to see Chandrayaan 2. He lauded India's effort to reach lunar surface and highlighted importance of international cooperation. He said: " is hard." Brad Pitt's call to ISS is a part of a promotional tour for his upcoming movie 'Ad Astra', in which he is playing an astronaut sent on a dangerous mission at edge of solar system. 

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NASA helping ISRO in locating Vikram Lander

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) on Friday said that it is sending radio signals to Vikram Lander. As shared by Astronaut Scott in a series of tweets, NASA's Deep Network (DSN) has been beaming radio frequency to Vikram Lander. ISRO too is constantly trying to establish communication with Vikram through its Indian Deep Network (IDSN) at Byalalu near Bengaluru. Apart from this, NASA has said that it will share 'any before and after flyover imry' of Chandrayaan-2 Vikram Lander landing site, as per international reports.  According to reports, NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter is scheduled to pass over Vikram Lander's landing site on September 17. ISRO has t released any photos of Vikram as of Tuesday. Meanwhile, on Thursday, officials of California Institute of Techlogy (CalTech) and National Aeronautics and Administration’s (NASA) Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) visited ISRO's Bengaluru headquarters, according to PTI.

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Vikram Lander tilted but in single piece

Earlier, ISRO had told news ncy PTI that Vikram lander is in a single piece. "It had a hard-landing very close to planned (touch-down) site as per ims sent by on-board camera of orbiter. lander is re as a single piece, t broken into pieces. It's in a tilted position," an ISRO official associated with mission claimed to PTI."We are making all-out efforts to see wher communication can be re-established with lander," official said.  "An ISRO team is on job at ISRO Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC)," y added. Moments before landing on lunar surface, Vikram lander lost communication. 

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