In a historic move, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has launched the Chandrayaan-2 mission to the Moon – a group of three spacecraft that will orbit, land, and rove the lunar surface.
If the landing is successful, India will become only the fourth nation to soft land on the Moon, following the Soviet Union, the United States, and China.
After a scrub less than an hour before the launch attempt on Sunday, 14 July, ISRO launched the mission on Monday, July 22 at 14:43 Indian Standard Time, which is 09:13 UTC (05:13 EDT) that same day.