Chandrayaan-2 manifests the best of Indian talent, will benefit nation: PM

Lander Vikram is scheduled to go on a powered descent between 1 a.m. and 2 a.m. tomorrow. Touchdown likely between 1:30 a.m. and 2:30 a.m.

The stage is set for India to become the first nation to reach the Moon's south pole and become only  the fourth nation, after the United States, China and the former Soviet Union, to have made a soft landing on the Earth's solitary satellite.

After travelling nearly 384,000 km in a span of about 45 days, lander Vikram and the rover Pragyan, which has been residing inside Vikram, will land moon on Saturday, September 7. The Lander Vikram is scheduled to go on a powered descent between 1 a.m. and 2 a.m. that day. The touchdown is expected to happen