CHANDRAYAAN-2: INDIA'S SECOND MOON MISSION
Image source- ISRO CHANDRAYAAN-2: INDIA'S SECOND MOON MISSION Overview Chandrayaan-1 was India’s first mission to the moon, which confirmed the presence of hydroxyl/water on the lunar surface in 2009. Following this success, Chandrayaan-2 became India’s second moon mission, launched in 2019. It was decided that the mission would be carried aboard a GSLV rocket from the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota. Origin Initially, Chandrayaan-2 was planned as a collaborative mission between ISRO and Russia. An agreement was signed in 2007 between the two agencies to jointly develop and launch the orbiter and lander in 2013. However, according to The Hindu , the Russian space agency Roscosmos faced significant delays...