India to the Antarctic landing on the moon will be the world's first or September 16 at 16:08
An unmanned lunar probe "Chandrayan No. 2" launched by India will challenge landing near the South Pole on the morning of the 7th of Japan time. If successful, it will be the first in the world and will demonstrate the high level of space development technology in India.
The Indian unmanned lunar explorer Chandrayan No. 2 launched in July, after successfully flying its orbit to the moon, separated the lunar lander “Bikram” on the 2nd of this month. Has gradually lowered its altitude towards landing.
According to ISRO = Indian Space Research Institute, “Bikram” will land on the moon from 1:30 am to 2:30 pm local time, and from 5 am to 6 pm on Japan time, crater. Trying to land on a relatively flat place near the South Pole while avoiding
Near the South Pole of the Moon is a difficult place to land because there are lots of rocks, and it will be the first in the world if successful.
Landing on the moon will be the fourth country after the former Soviet Union, the United States, and China, indicating the high level of space development technology in India.
The Modi administration is planning to make manned flight by domestic spacecraft by 2022 which is 75 years independent from the UK, and has also revealed its own space station construction plan, this moon landing It seems that there is also the aim of raising national prestige through space development.
The landing will be broadcast live over the Internet as well as in India, and is gaining worldwide attention.