India unveils spacecraft for second Moon mission

    India has unveiled the spacecraft that the country’s space agency will use to attempt to land on the Moon.

    If successful, India will be the fourth country to achieve a soft landing on the Moon, following the US, the former Soviet Union and China.

    Chandrayaan-2 will be the country's second lunar mission.

    India's first mission, Chandrayaan-1 which launched in 2008, was an orbiter and did not land on the Moon's surface.

    The launch is planned for next month.

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