More than two months ago the Chandrayaan-2 mission was only partially successful, as ISRO lost communication with the Vikram Lander, 2.1 Kms away from the Lunar surface.
Communication lost with #VikramLander at 2.1 km from Lunar surface. #Chandrayaan2Landing pic.twitter.com/0bM5kJCBGC
— ANI (@ANI) September 6, 2019
Multiple efforts were then made by Nasa’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera team to locate the exact position of the Vikram Lander.
And now, NASA has located the debris of the Vikram Lander, with help from Shanmuga Subramanian, a Chennai-based techie.
The #Chandrayaan2 Vikram lander has been found by our @NASAMoon mission, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. See the first mosaic of the impact site https://t.co/GA3JspCNuh pic.twitter.com/jaW5a63sAf
— NASA (@NASA) December 2, 2019
@NASA has credited me for finding Vikram Lander on Moon’s surface#VikramLander #Chandrayaan2@timesofindia @TimesNow @NDTV pic.twitter.com/2LLWq5UFq9
— Shan (@Ramanean) December 2, 2019
Using the photos released by NASA, Shanmuga Subramanian pointed out the exact location by exploring the images in detail on his laptop. According to NDTV, Shanmuga shared how he exactly located the debris by comparing an old image with the new images released by NASA:
I did it (searching for the debris on the images) for 3 to 4 days and once I found it, I tweeted to NASA. I knew they’d take some time to confirm the news. And finally, today they replied.
#NDTVExclusive | “We should be allocating more to the space budget”: Shanmuga Subramanian, Chennai engineer, who alerted NASA #VikramLander #Chandrayaan2 pic.twitter.com/FAceNt6bEL
— NDTV (@ndtv) December 3, 2019
Many people took to Twitter to congratulate Shanmuga for the achievement:
Congratulations for recognition of your work by NASA.#VikramLander #Chandrayaan2
— #Halkat Hateli (@HalkatHateli) December 3, 2019
WOW. You must be feeling on the moon right now🙂. Remarkable feat.
— Naveed Trumboo IRS (@NaveedIRS) December 3, 2019
That’s called ‘अंधेरे में सूई ढूँढ़ना’
— TheUntalentedBanda (@itssmaz) December 3, 2019
Many Congratulations. Kudos!!!
Congratulations
— Siddarth Pai (@siddarthpaim) December 3, 2019
Many congrats to @Ramanean for his work in locating #VikramLander …Stupendous achievement…Keep up the good work!https://t.co/r6edNrOQKI
— Ram Gopal (@ramgopaldass_77) December 3, 2019
Many congrats to @Ramanean for his work in locating #VikramLander …Stupendous achievement…Keep up the good work!https://t.co/r6edNrOQKI
— Ram Gopal (@ramgopaldass_77) December 3, 2019
Brilliant ✌🏼
— Aathmika (@aathmikaa) December 3, 2019
It just goes to show what you can achieve through hard work and dedication.