India will step up the international space race on Monday when it launches a low-cost mission to become only the fourth country to land a probe on the moon. Just five days before the 50th anniversary of man's first lunar landing, Chandrayaan-2 - or Moon Chariot 2 - will blast off from a tropical island off Andhra Pradesh state after a decade-long build-up.

Chandrayaan-2: Low-cost moon mission puts India among lunar pioneers

India's historic moon mission, Chandrayaan-2 is going to be the "most complex mission" that ISRO has undertaken so far," former Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chief said hours before the launch on Sunday.

Chandrayaan-2 to be 'most complex mission' ISRO has taken so far: Former chief G Madhavan Nair

Former ISRO chairman G Madhavan Nair said India's second lunar mission Chandrayaan-2, which is scheduled to be launched between July 9 and 16, will look for specific minerals on the surface of the moon.

Ex-ISRO chief says Chandrayaan-2 will look for specific minerals on moon's surface

Special Judge Santosh Snehi Mann granted the relief to Madhavan Nair on a personal bond of Rs 50,000 and two sureties of the same amount

Antrix-Devas deal case: Court grants bail to ex-ISRO chief Madhavan Nair

G Madhavan Nair has been accused of facilitating 'wrongful' gain of Rs 578 crore to private company Devas by Antrix, ISRO's commercial arm

Former Indian Space Research Organisation chief named in Antrix-Devas charge sheet

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Chandrayaan-2: Low-cost moon mission puts India among lunar pioneers

Chandrayaan-2 to be 'most complex mission' ISRO has taken so far: Former chief G Madhavan Nair

Ex-ISRO chief says Chandrayaan-2 will look for specific minerals on moon's surface

Antrix-Devas deal case: Court grants bail to ex-ISRO chief Madhavan Nair

Former Indian Space Research Organisation chief named in Antrix-Devas charge sheet