India scrubs historic moon mission less than an hour before liftoff

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India scrubs historic moon mission less than an hour before liftoff
Shashank Bengali

India scrubs historic moon mission less than an hour before liftoff


Scientists with the Indian Space Research Organization work on the orbiter vehicle of Chandrayaan-2, India's first moon lander. (Handout)

Just 54 minutes before launch, India postponed a historic unmanned mission to the south pole of the moon on Monday due to a “technical snag.”

The Indian Space Research Organization, or ISRO, said a problem was detected in the launch vehicle system of Chandrayaan-2, the country’s first attempt to safely land a rover on the moon.

Read more at: https://www.latimes.com/world/la-fg-india-moon-launch-20190714-story.html