India will launch its latest Moon lander mission Chandrayaan-3, a follow-on almost four years after the crash of its previous iteration in 2019, on July 14, the country’s space agency has announced.
The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) will launch the next Chandrayaan (Sanskrit for “moon vehicle”) mission using its Launch Vehicle Mark-III from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in South India’s Sriharikota at 2:35pm IST on July 14, the space agency said in a tweet posted on Thursday. Codenamed LVM3-M4, the mission will comprise a lander, propulsion module and a rover — which aims to land safely and softly on the lunar surface, rove and conduct on-site scientific experiments.
The landing of Chandrayaan-3 will take place in August. If successful, India’s mission will make it the fourth country in the world to …
