The second mission to the moon of our country India, the Chandrayaan-2, is scheduled to make a soft landing on the surface of the moon between 1:30 am to 2:30 am on Saturday, 7th September 2019, the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) said. This will be followed by the Rover roll out between 5:30 am to 6:30 am, the space agency stated.
If everything goes as planned, India would be on the moon at 1:55 am. The Chairman of ISRO, K Sivan has said the proposed soft-landing on the Moon is going to be a ‘terrifying’ moment as the ISRO has not done it before, whereas Lunar Orbit Insertion (LOI) maneuver was successfully carried out during the Chandrayaan-1 mission.
At the time of the launch, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be at the ISRO around midnight to watch the event. Also, to make this event more remembering, sixty students have been selected from all over the country who, after having won a space quiz, got this opportunity to watch the soft landing of Chandrayaan-2 on the surface of the moon along with PM Modi at Indian Space Research Centre headquarters in Bengaluru.
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