Photo: AFPHyderabad: The Isro has started flight integration activity for its next lunar mission Chandrayaan-2 and scientists are currently carrying out tests for the lander and the rover that will explore the moon. Chandrayaan-2, India’s second mission to the moon, is an advanced version of the previous Chandrayaan-1 mission nine years ago. Flight integration activity is going on, and a series of tests are planned for lander and rover. They are all in progress and we are working towards the first quarter (of 2018) launch of Chandrayaan-2,” Isro chairman A.S. Kiran Kumar told PTI. Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) had also established a lunar terrain test facility for conducting lander leg drop tests.

Source: Mint October 25, 2017 10:30 UTC