India loses touch with lander on its final approach to moon

India loses touch with lander on its final approach to moonIndia's space agency said it lost touch with its Vikram lunar lander on Saturday as it made its final approach to the moon's south pole to deploy a rover to search for signs of water. A successful landing would have made India just the fourth country to land a vessel on the lunar surface, and only the third to operate a robotic rover there. The space agency said the lander's descent was normal until 2 kilometers (1.2 miles) from the lunar surface.