ISRO Chandrayaan-2 launch Live Updates: Countdown for India´s moon mission begins; lift-off at 2.43 pm
(WorldNews India)

Chandrayaan-2 Moon Mission Launch Live Updates: A 20-hour countdown began at 6.43 pm Sunday for the launch of Chandrayaan-2, scheduled at 2.43 pm Monday. Scientists of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will have a window of only a few minutes to launch India´s first exploratory mission to the Moon, making it necessary that all operations in the run-up to lift-off are conducted with extreme precision, a former ISRO scientist said. Chandrayaan-2 was originally scheduled to launch on July 15. It was aborted after scientists noticed a sudden drop in pressure in a chamber filled with helium gas. “Whatever technical snag we observed on July 15 has been rectified. The vehicle is...