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India will launch its second moon mission Chandrayaan-2 on July 15 from Sriharikota spaceport in Andhra Pradesh and land its rover on the lunar surface on September 6, a top official said on Wednesday. “The 3,890kg Chandrayaan-2 mission will be launched on board a heavy rocket from our spaceport at Sriharikota on July 15 at 02.15 a.m., with an orbiter, a lander and a rover,” state-run Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman K. Sivan told reporters here. Sriharikota is a barrier island off the Bay of Bengal in Andhra Pradesh and about 80km northeast of Chennai. The ambitious mission will make India the fourth nation after then Soviet Union (Russia), the US and China to land and ride on the moon to conduct various experiments in its orbit, surface, around (atmosphere) and beneath. The cost of Chandrayaan-2 mission is Rs 978 crore, including Rs 375 crore of the indigenous heavy rocket — Geo-stationary Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-Mark III) with a cryogenic engine. ...

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is working to realise the dream of India’s first manned space mission. As reported by  Business Insider , the Indian space agency successfully executed their  Crew Escape System  as a part of their Indian Human Spaceflight Programme (HSP) on July 5. The Crew Escape System is an integral safety measure put in place for emergency situations. It pulls the whole astronaut cabin out of the launch vehicle in case something goes wrong during the launch. The aim to is ensure that the crew can get to a safe distance away from any explosions. This particular pad abort test (PAT) was launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre on the island of Sriharikota off the coast of Andhra Pradesh. The test lasted for a total of  256 seconds  and covered a  distance of 2.9kms with an  altitude of 2.7kms . A  total of 300 sensors  were used to record mission perfor...