India's mission to land a rover on the surface of the moon was called off due to a 'technical snag' less than an hour before take off
India's mission to land a rover on the surface of the moon was called off due to a"technical snag" less than an hour before take off Monday.
The lunar mission, called Chandrayaan-2, which means"moon vehicle" in Sanskrit, would have been a first for the country that is attempting to become a space superpower. Only three countries, the United States, the former Soviet Union and China, have made a soft-landing on the moon's surface.
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