NASA released the images of Vikram lander?

U.S space agency National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has officially said moon lander Vikram has a hard landing and that its own orbiting spacecraft could not get clear picture of Vikram's crash site during its recent flyover.

NASA released images of vikram lander
Vikram's possible crash site by LRO Camera

NASA on Thursday night released a set of hazy images of the southern site where the lander probably crashed on September 7. Vikram's precise  location eluded the sharp camera of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) when it last flew over the probable site on September 17. It captured a 150 Km wide area in the southern lunar highlands but the pictures were not clear as it was sunset and light had faded .


Vikram lander is hiding in the shadow?

A NASA statement said "It is possible that the Vikram lander is hiding in a shadow. The lighting will be favorable when LRO passes over the site in October and once again attempts to locate and image the lander."

This was the reconfirmation that the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and the space community had awaited to figure out where and how the lander of the chandrayaan-2 mission had fallen when it attempted to touch down on the moon.

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