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India's space agency made final preparations on Friday for the launch of a rocket that will attempt to land a robotic rover on the moon's south pole, a first in space exploration.
By Nivedita Bhattacharjee BENGALURU (Reuters) - India's space agency made final preparations on Friday for the launch of a rocket that will attempt to...
BENGALURU (Reuters) -India's space agency made final preparations on Friday for the launch of a rocket that will attempt to land a robotic rover on the moon's south pole, a first in space exploration. India would join a group of three other countries that have managed a controlled lunar landing, including the United States, the former Soviet Union and China, if the mission succeeds. The Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft would also be the first to land at the lunar south pole, an area of special interest for space agencies and private space companies because of the presence of water ice that...
Spacecraft's landing on moon planned next month; if mission succeeds, India will become fourth country to manage controlled lunar landing.
The launch rocket will be blasting the spacecraft into an elliptical Earth orbit before it loops toward the moon for a scheduled landing around August 23