ISRO to make history on Moon

For the first time in Indian history, ISRO is all set to mark its presence on the Moon.

The last time any country put boots on the Moon was in 2013, when China landed its Yutu rover there.Now, ISRO is gearing up to land its very first lunar rover by the end of March 2018, as part of its Chandrayaan-2 mission.

While this is not India’s first mission to the Moon, it is certainly the Indian government’s most ambitious Moon research project till date.

Chandrayaan-1 was launched in 2008 from Sriharikota off the East coast of India at an evaluated value of $83 million. ISRO’s 5-foot by 5-foot cube made it into lunar orbit and discovered some “magmatic water” on a Moon crater.