Madhavan Nair, during whose tenure of six years from 2003 as ISRO Chairman 25 successful missions were accomplished, indicated that setbacks of this kind are not unusual.
Planned to land on the south pole of the moon, Chandrayaan-2 was launched on July 22, 2019. However, the lander, Vikram, hard-landed on September 7, crushing India s dream to become the first country to successfully land on the lunar surface in its maiden attempt.