India abruptly canceled the last moon probe

India's Moon mission had to be canceled in less than an hour before taking off the spacecraft to probe on July 15, following a technical incident.

The mission of launching the Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft , which is scheduled to be implemented at 2:51, local time (4h21 in Vietnam time), from the Sriharikota Space Center, north of Chennai, is considered ambitious. India's largest space ever.

However, the launch countdown timer stopped at 56 minutes and 24 seconds before the scheduled time and information transferred to the media from the control room was cut off. Immediately afterwards, the Indian Space Research Foundation confirmed that the launch of the spacecraft was canceled, according to the Guardian.

Photo: VNA.

'Detecting technical problems on the vehicle launch system on minute T-56. For prevention, the launch of the Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft must stop today, ' Indian Space Research said on Twitter.

However, it is unclear what the problem happened. Indian Space Research said the new launch time will be announced later.

Chandrayaan-2 is India's first attempt to land on the surface of the Moon - a feat conquered by Russia, the US and China. If the mission of New Delhi is successful, it will be the first mission to land on the Moon's southernmost unexplored pole, where scientists hope to gather information about the chemical composition. and the minerals of the Moon, while searching for water here.

The Indian 4-ton spacecraft is equipped with the Moon orbit, lander and equipment designed to be able to save 2 weeks for the analysis of the Moon's surface.

This mission takes place amid increasing global interest in exploring the Moon. In January, China landed a spacecraft at the far end of the Moon for the first time in history. Meanwhile, in April, Israel's Beresheet spacecraft - a privately funded Lunar mission, landed unsuccessfully, apparently due to engine trouble.