{"id":180767,"date":"2019-12-03T19:09:10","date_gmt":"2019-12-03T11:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/featured\/-1812486\/"},"modified":"2019-12-03T19:09:10","modified_gmt":"2019-12-03T11:09:10","slug":"millennial-engineer-helps-nasa-find-vikram-lunar-crash-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/2019\/12\/03\/millennial-engineer-helps-nasa-find-vikram-lunar-crash-site\/","title":{"rendered":"Millennial Engineer Helps NASA Find Vikram Lunar Crash Site"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Vikram lander impact point and associated debris field (via NASA\/Goddard\/Arizona State University)<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter discovered the crash site<\/a> of the Chandrayaan-2 Vikram Moon lander.<\/span><\/p>\n

With the help of Shanmuga Subramanian, a 33-year-old engineer from Chennai.<\/span><\/p>\n

Armed with a laptop and an Internet connection (and a lot of free time), Subramanian worked for up to seven hours a day to locate the lander, according to NDTV<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Vikram attempted to touch down on the Moon’s surface\u2014some 370 miles from the lunar south pole\u2014in early September.<\/span><\/p>\n

But things took a turn for the worst<\/a> when the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) lost contact<\/a> with the vehicle shortly before arrival.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Despite the loss, getting that close to the surface was an amazing achievement,” NASA said in a news release.<\/span><\/p>\n

The US space administration’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera team worked with ISRO to search for signs of Vikram: LROC released a mosaic of the site, encouraging the public to have a look.<\/span><\/p>\n

Subramanian was the first to successfully spot the site, tweeting on Oct. 3<\/a>: “Is this Vikram lander?”<\/span><\/p>\n

More than a month later, after two additional LROC image sequences were published, the app developer and blogger again proffered Vikram’s possible crash site<\/a>, highlighting nearby “ejecta that was thrown out of it.”<\/span><\/p>\n

After receiving Subramanian’s tip, the LROC team confirmed his identification by comparing before and after images.<\/span><\/p>\n

The debris first located by Shanmuga is about 2,460 feet northwest of the main crash site.<\/span><\/p>\n

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@NASA<\/a> has credited me for finding Vikram Lander on Moon's surface#VikramLander<\/a> #Chandrayaan2<\/a>@timesofindia<\/a> @TimesNow<\/a> @NDTV<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/2LLWq5UFq9<\/a><\/p>\n

— Shan (@Ramanean) December 2, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n