‘India’s attempt highlighted its engineering prowess’: Global media on Chandrayaan-2 setback | India News, The Indian Express

‘India’s attempt highlighted its engineering prowess’: Global media on Chandrayaan-2 setback | India News, The Indian Express

By Express Web Desk |New Delhi |Updated: September 7, 2019 6:30:17 pm

‘India’s attempt highlighted its engineering prowess’: Global media on Chandrayaan-2 setback

From The New York Times to the Guardian, here's how international media reported on Chandrayaan-2's setback.

Officials watch live telecast of Chandrayaan 2 at ISRO Telemetry Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC) prior to the soft landing of Vikram module of Chandrayaan 2 on the lunar surface, in Bengaluru, Saturday. (Photo: Twitter/PTI)

India’s hopes to touch the Moon’s surface appeared to have dashed on Saturday after the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) lost contact with the Chandrayaan-2 lander Vikram just 13 minutes after it began its final descent to land on the lunar surface.