Nasa satellite finds debris of Chandrayaan-2 lander Vikram, releases pics
NASA
has found the crash site and debris of India's Chandrayaan-2
Vikram moon lander following a tip from an Indian space enthusiast
who examined pictures of the area of the moon taken by a US orbiting
camera.
The
site was located by Shanmuga Subramanian, who on his own scoured the
pictures taken by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbital Camera (LROC),
NASA and Arizona State University announced on Monday confirming the
find.
The
first mosaic image of the likely crash site made from pictures taken
by the LROC on September 17 was downloaded by several people to look
for signs of the Vikram, NASA said.
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