Tirupati: ISRO is all set for India's prestigious lunar mission, Chandrayaan-2, and all preparations are going on for its launch on July 15, K Sivan, the space agency's chairman said on Saturday. It is the Indian Space Research Organisation's first mission to land on any celestial body and a follow-up to
Chandrayaan-1 which was launched in 2008. The objective of this mission is to take up a detailed study on the understanding of the origin and evolution of the Moon, according to ISRO.

Waiting impatiently to watch launching of #Chandrayan2 from Sriharikota, it will explore South pole of Moon for the first time.
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"All preparations for Chandrayaan-2 are going on for the launch scheduled at 2.51 am on July 15 from Sriharikota," K Sivan stated after offering prayers at the Lord Venkateswara hill shrine at Tirumala. ISRO had earlier said all three modules of the moon mission - Orbiter, Lander (Vikram) and Rover (Pragyan), which were getting ready for the launch and the lander was expected to touch down on the lunar surface in early September. In a brief interaction, K Sivan, also the Secretary, Department of Space, stated that the lander would make a soft landing on September 6 in the lunar South Pole, an uncharted territory so far.