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By APD writer Rishika Chauhan
According to recent reports US space agency, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) found the debris of Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) moon lander, called Vikram on Tuesday.
The lander was lost nearly three months ago during India’s second moon mission, called Chandrayaan-2.
The debris of the lander was found on moon’s surface on a suggestion of an Indian engineer.
NASA acquired an image with 21 pieces of the debris around the location where the spacecraft was supposed to land, suggesting that the lander disintegrated before landing.
Shanmuga Subramanian, a 33 year old Indian engineer spotted the debris and contacted NASA. He hails from Chennai in India.
In a statement NASA told Hindustan Times, their “Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) flew over the area of the Vikram landing site on Sept. 17 when local lunar time was near dusk; large shadows covered much of the area.”
“LROC acquired images around the targeted landing site, but the exact location of the lander was not known so the lander may not be in the camera field of view,” NASA further said.
About the images NASA explained, “Shanmuga Subramanian contacted the LRO project with positive identification of debris. After receiving this tip, the LRO team confirmed the identification by comparing before and after images.”
(AISA PACIFIC DAILY)
