Chandrayaan-2: India Moon probe made 'hard landing', says Nasa
Nasa said the targeted site was located about 600km from the South Pole in a"relatively ancient terrain". passed over the landing site on 17 September and acquired a set of high resolution images of the area; so far the team has not been able to locate or image the lander," the space agency said in a statement.
India's first Moon mission - Chandrayaan-1 in 2008 - carried out the first and most detailed search for water on the lunar surface using radars.most complex mission ever attempted by India's space agencyThe lander carried within its belly a 27kg Moon rover with instruments to analyse the lunar soil.The rover had the capacity to travel 500m from the lander in its 14-day life span, and would have sent data and images back to Earth for analysis.
He adds that it would also have paved the way for future Indian missions to land on Mars, and opened up the possibility of India sending astronauts into space.
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