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Vikram lander makes successful soft-landing on Moon for second time during hop experiment, ISRO shares video

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India’s moon lander Vikram can hop around the moon it seems after the moon rover Pragyan went to sleep. According to the ISRO, Vikram soft landed on the lunar soil for a second time. In a post on X, ISRO said: “Vikram Lander exceeded its mission objectives. It successfully underwent a hop experiment.” “On command, it fired the engines, elevated itself by about 40 cm as expected and landed safely at a distance of 30 – 40 cm away.”