Chandrayaan 2  

The lander on the Chandrayan 2 mission is called Vikram, named after Vikram Sarabhai. He was an Indian scientist, physicist, and astronomer. He is also known as the Father of the Indian Space Program.

This year’s Lalbaugcha Raja is the talk of the town after it is evident that the deity keeps up with the trend. Lalbaugcha Raja makes an entry alongside Chandrayaan-2 and astronauts. 

Three students from states like Odisha, Jharkhand and Meghalaya will witness the moon landing on September 7 along with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The students qualified an online quiz contest conducted by ISRO.

In an exclusive interview with MyNation, Mission Mangal's director Jagan Shakti speaks about his thoughts on casting couch, working with female cast, while revealing his next project. Is it Chandrayaan 2? Read to find out.
 

Rashi Verma, a class 10 student from Lucknow will be witnessing the historic moment of Chandrayaan-2 landing on Moon’s surface on September 7. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will also witness the historic moment. 

After PV Sindhu’s glory, India has more reasons to be proud as para-badminton player Manasi Joshi has also brought home her first gold at the Para World Badminton Championship. Congress MP Rahul Gandhi was trolled on Twitter with #RahulBacksPakistan after his tweet was used by a Pakistani minister to tell the UN that Indian politicians were not happy with PM Modi's cancellation of Article 370.  Watch MyNation in 100 seconds for the top headlines from across the country.
 

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) tweeted about the success of Chandrayaan 2’s third lunar orbit manoeuver that was performed at 9:04 am

More than a month after its launch, Chandrayaan 2 has been sending images of the moon’s craters. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) released more pictures of the satellite on Monday. 

ISRO has scheduled the soft landing of the Vikram lander for September 7. Scientists at the Indian Space Research Organisation in Bengaluru would be engaged in this process which is expected to be completed by 1:55am.

Chandrayaan-2 sent an image of the moon back to earth. The photo was shot by Vikram, which is Chandrayaan-2's lander. ISRO had released the image of the moon on its twitter handle

Chandrayaan-2 successfully achieved a major milestone as the spacecraft entered the Moon's orbit this morning. Nearly a month after taking oath as Karnataka chief minister, following the collapse of the Congress-JD(S) coalition, BS Yediyurappa formed his Cabinet with 17 ministers. Former Union minister P Chidambaram who faces arrest in the INX media case failed to gain an audience in the Supreme Court after the Delhi HC dismissed his anticipatory bail plea. Watch MyNation in 100 seconds for the top headlines from across the country.

 

Here is a video that describes the process of India's spacecraft Chandrayaan-2 entering the Moon's orbit on Tuesday (August 20)
 

Chandrayaan-2 has been precisely injected into the lunar orbit and has been hailed as a major landmark by ISRO chief K Sivan. On August 19, at 3 pm, Chandrayaan-2 entered the moon's influence and has since been under the gravitational influence of the moon

Lunar Orbit Insertion (LOI) maneuver was completed successfully today (August 20) at 0902 hrs IST as planned, using the onboard propulsion system
 

As former finance minister Arun Jaitley continues to be on life support, several politicians, including veteran BJP leader LK Advani and Uttarakhand chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat visited the All India Institute of Medical Sciences to enquire about his health. ISRO will fire Chandrayaan-2's liquid engine on August 20 to insert the spacecraft into a lunar orbit. Watch MyNation in 100 seconds for the top headlines from across the country.