Things to know about India's most ambitious Moon mission Chandrayaan-2
Country's second lunar spacecraft
India is all set to make history on July 15 with its second Moon mission, Chandrayaan-2.
India's most ambitious Moon mission will launch from Sriharikota's space centre in Andhra Pradesh at 2:51am on July 15.
It is scheduled to make a landing on the lunar surface by September 6 or 7.
Live: Chandrayaan-2 — India's second lunar exploration mission
The mission is a giant leap in India's space program.
Ahead of the launch here is a quick glimpse of what the mission will be like.
Launched from Sriharikota in southern India on a one hundred per cent Indian rocket, Chandryaan-2, meaning lunar vehicle in Sanskrit, is heading for the unexplored part of the Moon, south pole.
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In pics: Chandrayaan-2 — ISRO gears up to launch second sojourn to the Moon
It should arrive at the beginning of September 2019 after a 380,000-kilometre voyage.
Watch: ISRO Chairman K Sivan speaks exclusively to WION
Once it’s in lunar orbit 100 kilometres above the surface, the spacecraft will send a lander on a controlled descent to the surface.
The lander will then release a six-wheeled solar-powered rover that will cover about 200 metres of lunar territory.
The aim of the fourteen-day mission is to examine the surface, gathering data on minerals and even water in the form of ice.
Eleven years after the Chandrayaan- 1 mission, which placed a probe in orbit around the Moon, India aims to become the fourth country to send a mission to the Moon’s surface after the US, the Soviet Union and China.
But India's ambitions don't stop there; they hope the first manned mission to space will take off before 2022.