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Chandrayaan-2 Moon mission to be launched in first quarter of 2018 A. S. Kiran Kumar, the chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), has recently revealed that Chandrayaan-2 – India’s second mission to the Moon – will be ready for launch sometime in the first quarter of 2018, noting that the spacecraft is currently in its final stages of integration. “Things are going on. The orbiter is getting ready. 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,” Kumar told Indian news agency PTI. His words were recently confirmed by Jitendra Singh, Union Minister of State for Atomic Energy and Space, who announced that the launch will take place in the first quarter of 2018, most likely in March. According to ISRO, Chandrayaan-2 mission will consist of an orbiter, a lander, and a six-wheeled 44-pound (20-kilogram) rover. The orbiter will be inserted into a 62-mile (100-kilometer) lunar orbit from where it will release the lander for a soft landing on the lunar surface. The lander will then deploy the rover that will move around near the landing site in a semi-autonomous mode for about two weeks, observing the lunar surface and analyzing the lunar soil. LEFT: Illustration of the Chandrayaan-2 lander and rover. RIGHT: Illustration of the Chandrayaan-2 rover. Images Credit: ISRO The main goal of Chandrayaan-2 is to demonstrate the soft-landing capability. Moreover, the mission will also collect scientific information on lunar topography, mineralogy, elemental abundance, lunar exosphere, and signatures of hydroxyl and water ice. “It (Chandrayaan-2) differs from the previous one (Chandrayaan-1) in the sense that in the last one, we had Moon impact probe that descended on the Moon in an uncontrolled manner, whereas this (Chandrayaan-2) will carry a lander, which will descend on the surface of the Moon in a controlled manner,” Kumar said. Chandrayaan-1 was a lunar orbiter operating between October 2008 and August 2009. The goal of the mission was the chemical, mineralogical, and photo-geologic mapping of the Moon. Chandrayaan-2 will be launched into space by ISRO’s Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) in its Mk II variant. Liftoff will take place at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, India. Tomasz Nowakowski Tomasz Nowakowski is the owner of Astro Watch, one of the premier astronomy and science-related blogs on the internet. Nowakowski reached out to SpaceFlight Insider in an effort to have the two space-related websites collaborate. Nowakowski's generous offer was gratefully received with the two organizations now working to better relay important developments as they pertain to space exploration.
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एजेन्सी। भारतले चन्द्रमामा पठाएकाे चन्द्रयान-२ काे असफलबारे विश्वभर चर्चा चलिरहेकाे छ । चन्द्रयान-२ असफल भएपछि अनेक टिकाटिप्पणी भए । इसराे प्रमुख सिवनकाे जीवनीबारे धेरै लेखिए । तर, यसै चन्द्रयान-२ ‘प्राेजेक्ट’काे प्रमुख महिला थिइन् भन्ने बारे कम मान्छेलाई मात्र जानकारी हाेला । यस क्रममा भारतीय अन्तरिक्ष अनुसन्धान संस्थान (इसराे)का प्रमुख के सिवन रूदै गर्दा प्रधानमन्त्री नरेन्द्र माेदीले सान्त्वना दिँदै गरेकाे भिडियाे पनि भाइरल भयाे । पुन: चन्द्रयान-२ काे विक्रम ल्याण्डर पत्ता लागेसँगै असफलतामाथि सफलता हात पर्ने विषयकाे चर्चा चुलिएकाे छ । भारतकाे बहुप्रतिक्षित प्राेजेक्ट चन्द्रयान-२ की प्रमुख ऋतु कारिधाल हुन । चन्द्रयान-२ काे प्राेजेक्टमा प्रमुख बन्नुभन्दा पहिले उनी मंगल ग्रहकाे ‘अर्बिटर मिशन’की प्रमुख थिइन । यसमा उनकाे मुख्य भूमिका ‘मिशन डिजाइन’ गर्ने थियाे । जसले गर्दा चन्द्रयान-२ काे लक्ष्य के हाे ? कसरी यसमा सफलता हासिल गर्ने ? भन्ने अध्ययन गर्न सहयाेग पुर्यायाे । दुई सन्तानकी आमा ऋतुले सन् २०१२ मा मंगल र चन्द्रयान-१ काे प्राेजेक्टमा समेत काम गरेकी थिइन । यस समय दिउँसाे बच्चाकाे स्याहार हेरचाह गर्नका लागि उनी रातभरि काम गर्थिन । उनकाे जन्म भारतकाे लखनऊस्थित निम्न मध्यम वर्गीय परिवारमा भएकाे थियाे । सरकारी स्कुलमा पढेकी ऋतु ‘फिजिक्स’ पढाउने शिक्षकबाट प्रभावित भएर त्यही विषयमा स्नातक गरिन । उनकाे पढाइ यतिमै राेकिएन । उनले ‘एयरस्पेस इञ्जिनियरिङ्ग’काे पढाइ पूरा गरिन ।