In a news conference reported by Press Trust of India, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman Kailasavadivoo Sivan said work on the country’s third lunar mission, Chandrayaan-3, was on and the launch may shift to next year.<\/p>\n
\u201cAll activities related to the third lunar mission are going on smoothly. It will also have a lander, rover and a propulsion module like its predecessor,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
He also said that India plans to launch at least 25 space missions in 2020.<\/p>\n
In July the ISRO lost contact with it Chandrayaan-2’s Vikram lander minutes before it was to land on the lunar surface.<\/p>\n
The mission would have made India the fourth country after the U.S., Russia and China to carry out a soft landing on the moon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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