Published 18:11 IST, September 8th 2019

Russia, UAE all praise for ISRO post losing contact with the lander

Russia, UAE along with other countries across the world are all praises for ISRO as Chandrayaan-2 lander, Vikram loses contact with ISRO before soft landing.

Reported by: Ankita Chakraborty
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Russia along with United Arab Emirates (UAE) recently came out in support of Indian Research Organisation (ISRO). Hours after losing communication with lander Vikram, countries like Russia and UAE lauded ISRO for being courous and brave in attempting such complex techlogy. Soon, support poured in from all across world in form of encourment for ISRO scientists. Messs of praise flooded social media recognizing ISRO's efforts. 

 

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NASA's comments on Chandrayaan 2 

A day after Chandrayaan-2 failed to make contact with lander, National Aeronautics and ministration (NASA) came out in support of ISRO. NASA called  exploration into  'hard'. Furrmore, it states that India has inspired NASA with its ambitious mission. As a consequence, NASA looks forward to exploration in a joint effort. 

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Jerry Linenger, a former NASA astronaut, commented that what India was trying to achieve was extremely difficult. lessons learnt in process, however, will help country with its future projects. Linenger asked people to t be too discourd. "India was trying to do something very, very difficult. In fact, everything was going as planned as lander came down." Linenger asserted.

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ISRO losing communication with Vikram 

ISRO's Deep Antenna lost contact with Chandrayaan-2's lander Vikram as it descended towards lunar surface. Vikram h mand to descend from 30km to 2km smoothly. In final st, it lost communication with Mission Control. This was first time India h attempted a soft landing on moon.

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(Inputs from PTI)

15:28 IST, September 8th 2019