India failed in its attempt to be the 4th country to make a soft landing on the the moon when its lander crashed on the lunar surface India says its moon lander Vikram has been found in one piece on the lunar surface, after it lost contact and crash landed. The lander diverged from its intended path 1.3 miles (2.1 kilometres) above the surface of the moon and lost communication with Earth on early on Saturday. Vikram is a lander spacecraft built to separate from the larger orbiter, known as Chandrayaan-2, and is part of India's $145 million lunar mission. A successful landing would have made India the 4th country to complete a soft landing on the moon alongside the US, USSR, and China. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. India says it has located its moon lander Vikram in one piece after it was believed to have crashed on the moon's surface whilst attempting to land on Saturday. Asian News International (ANI) reported on Sunday that the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) located the lander on the moon's surface. "We have found the location of Lander Vikram on the lunar surface and the Orbiter has clicked a thermal image of the lander," Kailasavadivoo Sivan, Chairman of the ISRO told ANI.