India to Launch Moonshot Friday
India is set to launch a spacecraft to the moon Friday.
If successful, it would make India only the fourth country to do so, after the U.S., the Soviet Union, and China.
It will take the $75 million Chandrayaan-3 over a month to reach the moon’s south pole in August.
The south pole is a special place of interest because scientists believe water is present there.
Chandrayaan-3’s equipment includes a lander to deploy a rover.
Chandrayaan-3 means “moon craft” in Sanskrit.
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