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The Chandrayaan-2 mission, aiming to put robots at the lunar south pole for the first time, suffered several delays leading up to lift-off, but finally went off without a hitch.

Chandrayaan-2, a $140 million mission, partially intends to study the possibility of water deposits further within the moon carters, first highlighted by Chandrayaan-1 in 2008.

ENTERS CHANDRAYAAN-2. Chandrayaan-2's OHRC, with its impressive 0.25-meter resolutionâ the highest achieved by any lunar orbiterâ provided the crucial data needed to pinpoint the crash site.

If Chandrayaan-2 reaches the moon as planned, India would become the fourth country to achieve a soft landing on the lunar surface, after the United States, Russia and China.

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India’s first moon lander, Chandrayaan-2, launched on Monday, a week after a first attempt was canceled at the last minute.

As the 2 in Chandrayaan-2 indicates, India has already sent one spacecraft to the moon. The orbiter Chandrayaan-1, launched in 2008, operated for 10 months and helped confirm the presence of water ...

The national space agency headquartered in Bengaluru also said all the payloads of Chandrayaan-3 mission are performing normally. "Chandrayaan-3 Mission: Of the 3 mission objectives, demonstration ...