Tamil Nadu: Donald A Thomas, former NASA astronaut stated that everyone at America's space agency and people around the world would be watching when India's ambitious lunar mission Chandrayaan 2 will land on the surface of the moon. On September 7, the landing of Chandrayaan 2 spacecraft is scheduled to land on the surface of the moon. "Chandrayaan 2 will be the first spacecraft to land near the South pole of the moon and this is where NASA hopes to land astronaut in about five years from now. Not just NASA, but the whole world would be interested in knowing about the moon and the universe by following Chandrayaan 2," Donald A Thomas stated.

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