India's space organization is examining the technical snag that led to the aborting of the launch Monday of a spacecraft intended to land on the far side of the moon, an official said. Add Space as an interest to stay up to date on the latest Space news, video, and analysis from ABC News. Add InterestThe Chandrayaan-2 mission was called off shortly before liftoff early Monday by the Indian Space Research Organization when a "technical snag" was observed in the 640-ton, 14-story rocket launcher. Vivek Singh, the ISRO's media director, said the organization should be able to choose a new launch date within days. If India did manage the soft landing, it would be only the fourth country to do so after the U.S., Russia and China.

Source: ABC News July 15, 2019 11:03 UTC