India launches mission to explore south pole of moon – video

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 on Monday from Satish Dhawan space centre in Sriharikota, north of Chennai. It will travel to the little-explored south pole of the moon

• India's Chandrayaan-2 moon mission lifts off a week after aborted launch