It was heartbreaking for all the Indian citizens who stayed awake till late in the night to witness the landing of Chandrayan 2. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) lost communication with ‘Vikram Lander’ moments before it was preparing to make a soft-landing on the South Pole region of the Moon.

In the wee hours of Saturday, ISRO chairman K Sivan announced that communication with the lander was lost at 2.1 km from the lunar surface. Following the development, the Indian cricket fraternity called on the space agency to keep its hopes alive while reposing faith in their achievements.

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Earlier, ISRO in a tweet had said “This is Mission Control Centre. #VikramLander descent was as planned and normal performance was observed up to an altitude of 2.1 km. Subsequently, communication from Lander to the ground stations was lost. Data is being analyzed. #ISRO”.

The Vikram Lander successfully separated from Chandrayaan-2 Orbiter on September 2. After revolving around the Earth's orbit for nearly 23 days, the craft began its journey to the moon on August 14.

The mission took off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota on July 22.