The ground thundered, the sound was deafening. The atmosphere was jubilant and the weather too kept up with it. It was festive celebrations in Sriharikota on 22 July 2019. It was this day when India soared into space with its second lunar probe mission Chandrayaan-2, which is a follow-up mission to Chandrayaan-1 launched in October 2008. Once the mission concludes successfully, India will become the fourth country -- after USA, Russia and China -- to soft-land spacecraft on the lunar surface. India will also become the second country to land on the Moon’s south polar region. India launched its first…
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