India launches mission to land on the moon
The moon is reflected in the River Yamuna as it flows past the Taj Mahal in Agra Source: Getty Images
India has launched a rocket into space, hoping to perform a soft landing of a rover on the moon. The country's most ambitious space mission yet, the AUD$206 million mission, if successful, will enable India to carry out studies on the presence of water at the south pole of the moon.
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