Explained: NASA’s ‘LRO’, which may help ISRO figure out Chandrayaan-2 lander’s fate on the Moon | Explained News, The Indian Express

Explained: NASA’s ‘LRO’, which may help ISRO figure out Chandrayaan-2 lander’s fate on the Moon | Explained News, The Indian Express

Written by Yashee |Edited by Explained Desk |New Delhi |Updated: September 16, 2019 5:23:32 pm

Explained: NASA’s ‘LRO’, which may help ISRO figure out Chandrayaan-2 lander’s fate on the Moon

The LRO is a robotic spacecraft currently orbiting the Moon. It studies the Moon's surface, clicks pictures, and collects data that help in figuring out the presence and possibility of water ice and other resources on the Moon, as well as plan future missions to it.

NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) is likely to release images it takes of Vikram, the American media has reported. (Source: nasa.gov)

ISRO’S attempts to figure out what happened to Chandrayaan-2’s Vikram will get a boost on Tuesday, when a NASA spacecraft flies over the lander’s landing site on the Moon.