NEW YORK: NASA has not been able to locate Chandrayan”s moon lander Vikram in pictures taken by an American lunar orbiter and the agency said it was probably hiding in long shadows.
NASA said on Thursday that when it’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) passed over Vikram’s landing site on September 17 and took high-resolution images of the area it was dusk “and thus large shadows covered much of the terrain.”
“It is possible that the Vikram lander is hiding in a shadow,” NASA said.
It said that it will make another attempt to locate Vikram next month when the lighting will be favorable.
NASA released pictures taken by the LROC of the area around the moon’s the South Pole where Vikram could have landed after it lost contact with the Indian Space Research Organization following its launch by the Chandraayan 2 moon orbiter on September 6.
(Agencies)
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