India finds missing Vikram probe on the surface of the moon印度在月球表面发现失踪的维克拉姆探测器India has located its missing Vikram lander on the lunar surface after losing contact with the probe when it was in the final stage of an audacious moon landing attempt Friday.

印度星期五在一次大胆的登月尝试的最后阶段与探测器失去联系后，已经在月球表面找到了失踪的维克拉姆登月器。

Communication with the unmanned lander was lost when it was just 1.

3 miles from the lunar surface.

在距离月球表面1.

3英里处，与无人着陆器失去了联系。

K Sivan, chairman of the Indian Space Research Organization, confirmed Sunday that the lander had been spotted.

He told the Times of India that the space agency’s Chandrayaan-2 orbiter has spotted Vikram on the lunar surface.

ISRO is analyzing the data, he said.

印度空间研究组织(Indian Space Research Organization)主席西万(K Sivan)周日证实，着陆器已经被发现。

他告诉 印度时报　，美国宇航局的月船2号”轨道飞行器已经在月球表面发现了维克拉姆”。

他说，印度空间研究组织正在分析数据。

The roughly $140 million Chandrayaan-2 mission is intended to study permanently shadowed moon craters that are thought to contain water deposits that were confirmed by the Chandrayaan-1 mission in 2008.

耗资约1.

4亿美元的月船2号”任务旨在研究月球永久阴影下的环形山，这些环形山被认为含有水层，2008年月船1号”任务证实了这一点。

It is not yet clear what damage the lander suffered during its descent.

The US, Russia and China are the only other countries to have successfully landed on the moon.

目前还不清楚着陆器在下降过程中遭受了什么损害。

美国、俄罗斯和中国是另外三个成功登上月球的国家。

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