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Helium-3 is a non-radioactive material that can produce 100 times more energy than Uranium.
ISRO will make attempts to contact the module for the next 14 days.
We should not be too discouraged. India was trying to do something very, very difficult. In fact, everything was going as planned as the lander came down, Jerry Linenger said.
I think we need not worry too much...I will rate more than 95% of the mission objectives have been achieved, said former ISRO Chairman G Madhavan Nair.
We came very close, but we need to cover more ground," he said.
On Saturday, Vikram lander began its powered descent, normal performance was observed up to an altitude of 2.1 km, but lost contact with ground stations.
ISRO chief K Sivan said Vikram landers descent was as planned and normal performance was observed up to an altitude of 2.1 km.
Chandrayaan 2 will also be the first space mission to conduct a soft landing on the moon's south polar region.
A successful landing will make India the fourth country after Russia, the US and China to achieve a soft landing on the moon.
ISRO said Chandrayaan-2's second de-orbiting manoeuvre was successfully executed.