Indian Space and Research Organization chief K. Sivan said the moon mission's orbiter had located the lander on the lunar surface, a report says.
The lander module from India’s moon mission was located on the lunar surface on Sunday, one day after it lost contact with the space station, and efforts are underway to try to establish contact with it, the head of the nation’s space agency said.
The space agency said Saturday that the lander’s descent was normal until 1.2 miles from the lunar surface. The latest mission lifted off on July 22 from the Satish Dhawan space center in Sriharikota, an island off the coast of the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.After its launch, Chandrayaan-2 spent several weeks making its way toward the moon, ultimately entering lunar orbit on Aug. 20.
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