BANGALORE, India: India’s second space program suffered a huge setback — and presumed to have failed—Saturday after it lost contact with an unmanned spacecraft moments before it was due to make a historic soft landing on the moon.
FAILURE Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (center) speaks with Indian Space Research
Organization scientists in Bangalore after its second lunar mission failed. India lost communication with its unmanned spacecraft just before it was due to land on the moon, which is a major setback to the country’s lunar ambitions. AFP PHOTO
Organization scientists in Bangalore after its second lunar mission failed. India lost communication with its unmanned spacecraft just before it was due to land on the moon, which is a major setback to the country’s lunar ambitions. AFP PHOTO