India successfully launched Chandrayaan-2 – or Moon Chariot 2 – which took off on time at 2:43 pm (0913 GMT) from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre on an island off the coast of Andhra Pradesh state. Applause broke out in the mission control room as the rocket blasted off into the grey skies over the … Continue reading Chandrayaan-2 Successfully Launched; India Set To Emulate US, Russia and China