Launch of India’s moon mission Chandrayaan-2 put off
Launch of India’s moon mission Chandrayaan-2 put off India will be the fourth nation apart from US, the former USSR and China to reach the moon Technology :- Second moon mission postponed due to technical glitch The launch of Chandrayaan-2, India’s second mission to the moon, was postponed after a technical glitch was observed in the launch vehicle system early morning on Monday. Countdown stopped at 56 minutes, 24 seconds before the launch Less than an hour before the scheduled lift-off, the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) informed of the launch being put off due to the snag. The new schedule will be announced later. The launch was scheduled to have taken place at 2.51 am from the second launchpad at Sriharikota’s Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC). The countdown to the launch was put on hold at 56 minutes and 24 seconds. The glitch was observed in the launch vehicle system early morning Monday The technical snag was noticed when the cryogenic fuel was ...