A technical snag may have delayed its launch, but when it does take off, Chandrayaan-2 will take India to the moon as only the fourth nation to do so, all on a shoestring budget.
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00:30India hopes to soft land on the lunar surface.
00:53Soft landing is a tricky business, and India is attempting it for the first time.
00:58But it could pave the way for future planetary missions for India.
01:04So this is one stepping stone in India's robust space program.
01:18It has become the place to go.
01:48Let's go.
02:17If you look at it, the last mission to Moon by NASA cost almost 10 times more.
02:24India is known for doing low cost, very effective missions.
02:30And these are done because India's engineers, India scientists and the capabilities at the
02:37Indian Space Agency, which is the Indian Space Research Organization are put to maximum use
02:44and maximum efficiency.
03:00India is already a formidable force in space technology, having end to end capabilities
03:07of making satellites, making rockets, launching them with a program for launching astronauts
03:15into space coming up by 2022, having visited Mars, having visited Moon and serving the
03:241.3 billion Indian population through space technology.