India's Chandrayaan 2 goes into the Moon's orbit

According to the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), after four weeks of "interstellar" travel, the spacecraft Chandrayaan 2 entered orbit the Moon (LOI) as planned.

On August 20, India's Chandrayaan 2 spacecraft entered the Moon's orbit, performing one of the most difficult tasks in its journey to conquer the Moon.

According to the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), after four weeks of " interstellar " travel , the spacecraft Chandrayaan 2 entered orbit the Moon (LOI) as planned, at 3 hours 32 minutes - GMT (10 hours 32 minutes - Vietnam time).

Illustrated image of Chandrayaan 2 ship on the Moon.(Source: firstpost.com)

If all plans go smoothly, the Chandrayaan 2 will land down to the South of the Moon on September 7.

If successful, India will become the fourth country in the world after Russia, the United States and China to successfully land the Moon. India aims to map the surface and study the Lunar atmosphere as well as other studies on the surface and underground of the Middle during this launch.

According to ISRO, through detailed measurement studies, mineralogical analysis . at a cost of up to 140 million USD, the mission of Chandrayaan 2 will help scientists better understand the origin as well. Moon's development process.

ISRO said that through the launch of Chandrayaan 2, India wants to develop and demonstrate the technology comprehensively from start to finish in the Moon mission including soft landing and moving on the Moon's surface.

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