Watch Vikram moon lander hop on lunar surface
The Indian Space Research Organisation Vikram lander makes second soft touchdown on the moon in a “hop” experiment. Engineers on Earth instructed it to fire its engines, lift off to a height of 40 centimetres and move 30 to 40 centimetres laterally before softly landing again.
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