Glossary:
Vikram is the name of the lunar lander.
Chandarayaan2 is the name of the mission.
Chandara means lunar
Yaan means vehicle https://www.isro.gov.in/chandrayaan2-faq
ISRO, Indian Space Research Organisation is India’s space agency https://www.isro.gov.in
Here is a video of the Chandrayaan 2 mission during the landing of its Vikram lander. I’ve set the time stamp to a few minutes before the landing problem occured (21km above the moon’s surface): https://youtu.be/lqQe7WsFVQg?t=2084
Shanmuga Subramanian is the guest of this podcast. He goes by Shan.
Contact Shan via Twitter: @Ramanean Here is a link: https://twitter.com/Ramanean
This is Shan’s homepage:
New York Times article: NASA Finds India’s Vikram Moon Lander Crash Site, With Amateur’s Help: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/02/science/india-moon-mission-vikram-lander-found.html
New York Times article: A Billion Pixels and the Search for India’s Crashed Moon Lander: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/06/science/india-moon-mission-vikram-found.html?smid=spacecal
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