India's Chandrayaan-2 moon mission lifts off a week after aborted launch
by Rebecca Ratcliffe in Delhi from Science | The Guardian on (#4KN77)
With first mission to land on lunar south pole, India aims to join club comprising Russia, US and China
India's mission to the moon has blasted into space one week after a technical glitch forced scientists to abruptly halt its scheduled launch.
Thousands gathered to watch Chandrayaan-2 take off at 2.43pm local time (0913 GMT) on Monday from Satish Dhawan space centre in Sriharikota, north of Chennai.
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