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With the nation listening, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman K. Sivan on Saturday, 7 September, made the announcement that the ground station had lost communication with Chandrayaan-2’s Vikram lander.
PM Narendra Modi, who was present at the ISRO Centre in Bengaluru, talked to scientists after the setback saying that whatever they have achieved is not a small achievement and that the country is proud of them.
A successful landing would have made India the fourth country after Russia, the US and China to achieve a soft landing on the moon.
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