ISLAMABAD – India claims locating the lost moon lander which had reportedlycrashed while landing at the far side of moon.
The *Press Trust of India* news agency cited Indian Space and ResearchOrganisation chairman K. Sivan as saying cameras from the moon mission’sorbiter had located the lander. “It must have been a hard landing,”*PTI* quotedSivan as saying.
ISRO officials could not be reached for comment.
The space agency said it lost touch with the Vikram lunar lander onSaturday as it made its final approach to the moon’s south pole to deploy arover to search for signs of water.
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A successful landing would have made India just the fourth country to landa vessel on the lunar surface, and only the third to operate a roboticrover there.
