India is ready for a 52-day trip to Moon, like backpackers | India News

More than ten years after Chandrayaan-1 and at a time of renewed interest in lunar science, India begins Monday its second trip to the Moon from the Sriharikota Spaceport at 2:01 am.
A successful mission will be many firsts for India, but this attempt is considered the next step of the country in the race for the international space because it fights to rub the giants like the United States, Russia and the United States. China.
In the 10 years between Chandrayaan-1 and Chandrayaan-2, China has landed on the Moon several times, the latest being the 'Chang'e 4' that landed on the other side of the Moon in January, a first for all countries.
While keeping its eyes on Mars, NASA is also working on the Artemis program that could use GPS in orbit around the moon before installing humans again. Isro missed several launch windows in 2018 and one in January 2019, which would have made it the first to land smoothly on the southern polar region of Moon. Chandrayaan-2 will ride on board a GSLV-MkIII.

The actual achievements will come 52 days later, when it will land on the lunar surface. The Rs 978 crores mission involves an orbiter around the moon, a lander (Vikram) and a rover (Pragyan).
Its success, according to Isro president K Sivan, will make India the fourth country to probe Moon. Most NASA landings took place in the equatorial region, while Chang'e 4 landed near the South Pole, where India boldly went.
The discovery of water molecules by an instrument worn by Chandrayaan-1 reinforced the hopes of finding water more thoroughly during the second mission.
Chandrayaan-2, a project approved in September 2008 by then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, will also attempt to understand the history of early solar systems and uncover the secrets of Earth's formation.