<p class="title">A spacecraft systems engineer at NASA has said that the recent Chandrayaan 2 mission has been a "learning experience" for Indian scientists as it has helped ISRO to gather a lot of information about the Moon.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Anne Devereaux, working at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) of NASA, is the lead flight system engineer for the US space agency's Mars 2020 mission.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Speaking at the American Center here on Wednesday, Devereaux said, "The Indian scientists did very well. Lot of information (was) gathered. The orbiter has been successful".</p>.<p class="bodytext">Chandrayaan 2, the second Indian lunar mission, had suffered a snag while attempting a historic landing on the uncharted South Pole of the Moon.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The lander 'Vikram' lost communication with ground stations during its final 2.1-km descent on September 7.</p>.<p class="bodytext">When asked what could have happened to the lander, the NASA engineer said, "It is up to ISRO scientists to figure out what went wrong.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"It is a learning experience for Indian scientists. We do learn from failures."</p>.<p class="bodytext">She said, even her husband was tracking the mission from JPL on that day, but after some time he had sent a message to her - "I don't see it anymore."</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Chandrayaan 1 mission had been "spectacularly successful" which confirmed about the significant presence of water on the Moon, Devereaux said.</p>
<p class="title">A spacecraft systems engineer at NASA has said that the recent Chandrayaan 2 mission has been a "learning experience" for Indian scientists as it has helped ISRO to gather a lot of information about the Moon.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Anne Devereaux, working at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) of NASA, is the lead flight system engineer for the US space agency's Mars 2020 mission.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Speaking at the American Center here on Wednesday, Devereaux said, "The Indian scientists did very well. Lot of information (was) gathered. The orbiter has been successful".</p>.<p class="bodytext">Chandrayaan 2, the second Indian lunar mission, had suffered a snag while attempting a historic landing on the uncharted South Pole of the Moon.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The lander 'Vikram' lost communication with ground stations during its final 2.1-km descent on September 7.</p>.<p class="bodytext">When asked what could have happened to the lander, the NASA engineer said, "It is up to ISRO scientists to figure out what went wrong.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"It is a learning experience for Indian scientists. We do learn from failures."</p>.<p class="bodytext">She said, even her husband was tracking the mission from JPL on that day, but after some time he had sent a message to her - "I don't see it anymore."</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Chandrayaan 1 mission had been "spectacularly successful" which confirmed about the significant presence of water on the Moon, Devereaux said.</p>