Our @LRO_NASA mission imaged the targeted landing site of India’s Chandrayaan-2 lander, Vikram. The images were taken at dusk, and the team was not able to locate the lander. More images will be taken in October during a flyby in favorable lighting. More: https://t.co/1bMVGRKslp pic.twitter.com/kqTp3GkwuM— NASA (@NASA) September 26, 2019
According to the latest tweet of NASA, they were not able to locate Chandrayaan 2 as it could be hidden at the dark side. Moreover the images were taken at dusk time and the team was not able to locate Chandrayaan 2. More images are likely to come in October when its spacecraft will fly in moon's orbit at a favorable lightning time.
According to reports NASA released high resolution photos of that area taken with Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera on Friday. Based on these photos, NASA said that Vikram had a hard landing and the exact location of the landing of Vikram Lander on the lunar surface is not yet found. Significantly, the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) lost contact with Vikram Lander of Chandrayaan-2, the country's second lunar mission, minutes before landing on the lunar surface on 7 September. At the same time, people from all over the world are claiming to have found Vikram Lander in the NASA picture.
Nandini Idnani tweeted this picture. She also said that something resembling Vikram Lander on the side of a crater. His shadow also looks the same. He has also congratulated ISRO for the success of Chandrayaan-2.
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