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NASA is planning to use a crater on the Moon's dark side to construct a lunar telescope

With Planet Earth under increasing threat, scientists around the world are now exploring how human beings can inhabit the Moon or Mars. A team of Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and ISRO researchers has developed ‘Space Bricks’ using Lunar Soil Simulant i.e. LSS, which could assist the construction of future settlements on the Moon and offer more eco-friendly options for constructions here on earth. Watch this video to learn more.

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Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chief K Sivan said that some good progress was made on Chandrayan-2, even though it could not land successfully
            

The Lander Vikram was to soft-land on the far side of the moon at on September 7. Minutes before its scheduled soft-landing, the communication with Vikram Lander was lost. It was 2.1 km above the moon's surface when it lost contact with ground stations.

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NASA has released images of the impact site of the Vikram lander on the moon. NASA posted images clicked by its Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) Camera

Chandrayaan 2’s Vikram lander landed within 500 mts of the landing site on the moon’s surface, said the government. The indigenously developed Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft comprising of orbiter, lander and rover was successfully launched on-board the indigenous GSLV MK III-M1 Mission on July 22.

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NASA has found no evidence of Chandrayaan 2’s Vikram lander in its flyby of its Moon orbiter. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) had attempted a soft landing on September 7  but lost communication with the lander just minutes before the scheduled landing time. 
 

The Imaging Infrared Spectrometer (IIRS) in Chandrayaan 2 is designed to measure the reflected sunlight and emitted part of Moonlight from the lunar surface in narrow and contiguous spectral channels. ISRO has shared the first illuminated image of the lunar surface on its Twitter handle.

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Taking a jibe at the Prime Minister for the Chandrayaan-2 mission, Rahul Gandhi, the former AICC chief said that shooting rockets to the moon won’t feed hungry stomachs. 

ISRO shared the pictures of the moon on the micro blogging site. These images were acquired on September 5 by the ISRO from a 100-km altitude with the help of Chandrayaan 2