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Live coverage: Mission control loses contact with Indian moon lander

September 6, 2019 Stephen Clark

Live coverage of the final descent and touchdown of India’s Vikram lander on the moon. Text updates will appear automatically below.

ISRO’s live video webcast of Vikram’s landing on the moon begins at 1940 GMT (3:40 p.m. EDT) Friday.

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