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India is seeking to become just the fourth nation after Russia, the United States and China to land a spacecraft on the Moon. (Arun Sankar/AFP/Getty Images)
ARUN SANKAR

Proud India launches historic bid to put spacecraft on Moon

A week after an initial launch was halted just before blast-off, Chandrayaan-2 took off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre

  • Arun Sankar
3 min read
The spacecraft looked set for launch atop a Geosynchronous Launch Vehicle Mk III — India’s most powerful rocket, but countdown was halted 56 minutes and 24 seconds before the planned liftoff. (Arun Sankar/AFP/Getty Images)
ARUN SANKAR

India scrubs Moon mission launch one hour before liftoff

The Chandrayaan-2 — or Moon Chariot 2 — mission is part of India’s ambitious space programme

  • Arun Sankar
3 min read