India scraps moon mission at last minute as 'launchpad glitch' grounds rocket

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INDIA scrapped its historic £110million moon mission last night after a “launchpad glitch” less than an hour from liftoff. The Chandrayaan-2 mission was called off when engineers spotte…

: Soft landing on Lunar South Pole. Send a rover to explore water deposits in the regionIndia's Chandrayaan-1 mission orbited the moon in 2008 and helped confirm the presence of water.

The Indian Space Research Organization wants its new mission's rover to further probe the far side of the moon. Scientists believe a basin contains water-ice that could help humans do more than plant flags on future manned missions.Secret files about girl, 17, 'forced to have sex with Prince Andrew' unsealedCAUGHT IN THE ACTDad who raped screaming daughter, 1, and uploaded footage to dark web cagedSINKING FEELINGThe world's biggest space agencies are returning their gaze to the moon as the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission approaches this month.

Adam Steltzner, NASA's chief engineer responsible for its 2020 mission to Mars, said: "The moon is sort of our backyard for training to go to Mars.

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