Watch the moment India successfully launched its mission to the moon.
New Delhi India has successfully launched a mission to soft land a rover on the moon, in a landmark moment for a nation trying to become a space superpower.
The country's latest lunar mission, Chandrayaan-2, which means"moon vehicle" in Sanskrit, took off from the Satish Dhawan Space Center at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh state at 2:43 p.m., Monday local time . The launch was originally scheduled for July 15, but was abruptly called off just 56 minutes before lift-off due to a"technical snag.
The launch of #Chandrayaan2 illustrates the prowess of our scientists and the determination of 130 crore Indians to scale new frontiers of science.— Narendra Modi July 22, 2019 As well as coinciding with the 50th anniversary of the Apollo moon landing, the launch comes as other space agencies revisit the idea of sending humans to the moon and beyond -- NASA has touted a bold plan to return American astronauts to the moon by 2024.
The $1 billion alternative to NASA 01:10Chandrayaan-1, India's maiden lunar mission, discovered water molecules on the surface of the moon. As part of that mission, an impact probe crashed into the moon's south polar region in a controlled landing.India's attempted soft-landing is a far greater technical challenge than the controlled crash of Chandrayaan-1.
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