With the mission, India had aimed of creating history and become the fourth nation - after the United States, Russia and China – to soft land on the moon. It would also have made India the first country to complete a soft landing near the South Pole on its first attempt.

The NASA on Saturday took to Twitter to commend ISRO's attempt to land its Chandrayaan-2 mission on the South Pole of the Moon.

Ensuring that there are still hopes alive to establish a connection with Vikram lander, ISRO chief K Sivan told the national broadcaster that his team will continue to find a connection with the lander for next 14 days.

PM Narendra Modi was on his way out from the ISRO centre after completing his address when he turned to congratulate K Sivan for all his efforts in the mission. Mr Sivan broke into tears as PM Modi gave him a hug and several pats on the back to ensure he does not get disheartened with the results.

During the interaction, one of the students asked him for the tips to become the President of India. Replying to his query, PM Modi laughed and said, 'why President and not Prime Minister?'

Applauding the tremendous efforts of the scientists involved in the project, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the great thing associated with science is that it never fails, no matter what the result is. There is always learning.

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) lost communication with Chandrayaan 2 moon lander Vikram when it was just 2.1 km away from its final landing position from the surface. The space organization is now analyzing data to know the final status of the lander.

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) lost communication with Chandrayaan 2 moon lander Vikram when it was just 2.1 km away from its final landing position from the surface. The space organization is now analyzing data to know the final status of the lander.

Minutes after ISRO announced that they have lost communication with the Chandrayaan 2 Moon lander Vikram, former Congress party chief Rahul Gandhi said that every Indian is proud of the scientists working on the mission.

Communication to the Chandrayaan 2's lander Vikram was lost. At 3.10 am, an ISRO scientist - not the chief - announced that a planned press conference had been called off.