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.

India lost its communication with the Moon-lander Vikram as it attempted landing on the south pole of the plant. It is not known if the Vikram has crashed or communication link got cut. Even in the worst case scenario, there will be a loss of only 5% to the Chandrayaan 2 mission as the orbitor is still orbiting.

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Wednesday revealed that its moon lander Vikram has completed final de-orbital operation successfully. It has been scheduled for landing on September 7.

The ISRO had organized an online quiz to increase the awareness about its space programme from August 10 to August 25. Only school children were allowed to participate in the quiz from class VIII to Class X.

The second Lunar bound orbit manoeuvre for Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft was performed successfully as planned, using the onboard propulsion system.

The Indian Space Research Organisation on Wednesday revealed that the India's Chandrayaan 2 successfully performed a critical manoeuvre that lasted about 20 minutes as it moved more close to the Moon.

India's second moon mission achieved the "biggest milestone" as the scientists successfully placed it in the lunar orbit on August 20. The lunar-rover will now start a descent to the moon on September 7.

As per scientific explanation, the lights are produced with the chemical reactions in the presence of oxygen involving an enzyme called “luciferase”. Bioluminescence can also be noticed in the fireflies.

Nova Spivack, co-founder of AMF, told The Hindu that the Lunar Library contained a small sample from the Bodhi tree in India, along with material on learning Hindi, Urdu and information on music.