India Going for the Moon
Second Lunar Mission in a Year
To Explore Moon's South Pole - Unchartered Territory
India is gearing up to launch its second Moon mission within a year on Monday, July 22. The mission is daring, ambitious and exciting. India will land a rover on the Moon's South Pole which is unexplored territory. The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) categorizes the mission as "Boldly going to where no country has gone before". The aim is to explore for water and helium 3. That isotope is so abundant on the Moon, that it has the potential to meet global energy needs for 250 years. That is if the substance can be harnessed.
Staking Out Space Leadership
India is establishing itself a position of leadership in space, alongside of the US, Russia and China. It has ambitious plans including a manned space mission by 2022. All of the technology it is using for the July 22 mission was made in India, according to ISRO. The Indian space agency delayed the launch last week (July 15) because of a technical snafu. The launch turnaround time in a week is quicker than expected. Chandrayaan-2, built by ISRO, is scheduled for takeoff July 22 and expected to arrive at the South Pole of the Moon on September 14. For a free Kindle borrow of my latest book "Big Space News 2019". go to amazon.com/author/ekane ASIN: B07TYG31KM
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| Source: NASA image of the Moon |
To Explore Moon's South Pole - Unchartered Territory
India is gearing up to launch its second Moon mission within a year on Monday, July 22. The mission is daring, ambitious and exciting. India will land a rover on the Moon's South Pole which is unexplored territory. The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) categorizes the mission as "Boldly going to where no country has gone before". The aim is to explore for water and helium 3. That isotope is so abundant on the Moon, that it has the potential to meet global energy needs for 250 years. That is if the substance can be harnessed.
Staking Out Space Leadership
India is establishing itself a position of leadership in space, alongside of the US, Russia and China. It has ambitious plans including a manned space mission by 2022. All of the technology it is using for the July 22 mission was made in India, according to ISRO. The Indian space agency delayed the launch last week (July 15) because of a technical snafu. The launch turnaround time in a week is quicker than expected. Chandrayaan-2, built by ISRO, is scheduled for takeoff July 22 and expected to arrive at the South Pole of the Moon on September 14. For a free Kindle borrow of my latest book "Big Space News 2019". go to amazon.com/author/ekane ASIN: B07TYG31KM
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