Photo: ISROSriharikota (AP): The Indian Space Research Organisation on Friday said the Chandrayaan-2 mission is on schedule and flight models are going through various tests. In Chandrayan-2, the country's second mission to the Moon, ISRO is planning to rover to explore the lunar surface. Speaking after the successful orbiting of 31 satellites, including weather observation Cartosat-2 Series craft, by the PSLV-C40, he said the Chandrayan-II satellite was getting ready at the ISRO Satellite Centre. To a query on whether there was possibility of ISRO carrying out manned space mission, Kumar said, "The possibility was always there for taking up such a mission but the government has to decide by giving resources." On the future launches to be taken up by ISRO in 2018, Kumar said the next launch will be a communication satellite.

Source: Mint January 12, 2018 10:30 UTC