ISRO chief K Sivan reportedly asked scientists to focus on future missions – Technology News, Firstpost

Tech2 News StaffSeptember 11, 2019 20:39:59 IST

It's no secret that ISRO's Chandrayaan-2 mission was not a complete success after all communications with the Vikram Lander were lost after a landing. brutal on the south pole of the moon. Despite the setback, ISRO has many other missions in preparation and K Sivan, Director of ISRO, has asked scientists to move and focus on these upcoming projects.

K Sivan. Image: Reuters

Like report by Time of IndiaOn September 9, Sivan spoke to scientists and engineers at ISRO and relayed this information.

"Our president spoke to us via the internal network. He concluded that Chandrayaan-2 was 100% successful for Orbiter Science and 95% for Landing Technology. Instead of landing smoothly, we made a hard landing. He told us not to worry and focus on ongoing projects, "said an ISRO scientist. YOU.

ISRO plans several future missions, including the manned space flight mission, a joint mission with NASA and a mission to the sun.

The space organization managed by the Indian government is currently analyzing communication data understand exactly what happened during the final descent phase of the Vikram Chandrayaan 2 landing gear on the lunar surface.

A report of New York Times indicates that NASA will actually share before and after images, if any, of the area where Vikram Lander was supposed to land. NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, a spacecraft currently orbiting the moon, will soon fly over the landing site of the lander on September 17th. He could help ISRO with images from the region to contribute to his analysis. A spokesman for NASA confirmed New York Times by e-mail.

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