NEW DELHI — The Indian space agency plans to launch the Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft between July 6 to 19 as it will attempt to land on the moon on September 6.<br /><br />According to a press release by the Indian Space Research Organization, the spacecraft will comprise a lander, a rover and an orbiter.<br /><br />The rover will be housed within the lander.<br /><br />Once Chandrayaan-2 gets within 100 km of the moon's orbit, the lander will separate from the orbiter and will attempt to land on the moon's surface.<br /><br />The lander will have a soft landing at a site close to the moon's south pole, the Times of India reports.<br /><br />The rover will then be able to move around semi-autonomously. It will analyze the moon's surface and send back data to earth.<br /><br />However, the orbiter will continue revolving around the moon and scanning it to collect scientific information.<br /><br />According to the Times of India, the country had previously launched its lunar mission Chandrayaan-1 in 2008.
