Lunar  

Exactly fifty years ago, Apollo 11 landed on the surface of the moon, making it the first manned mission to reach the earth’s natural satellite. 

While ISRO scientists wait for the soft-landing of Chandrayaan 2’s Vikram lander on the moon, scientists now recall the nail-biting experience during the launch of India’s first lunar mission. 
 

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

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 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. 
 

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is set to insert the spacecraft into a lunar orbit on August 20. Following this, there will be further four orbit manoeuvres to make the spacecraft enter into its final orbit passing over the lunar poles at a distance of about 100 km from the moon's surface.

Varanasi natives have come up with a unique haircut on the launch day of ISRO's second lunar mission Chandrayaan-2

Sky enthusiasts in the country can witness a three-hour long partial lunar eclipse tonight, when the Earth will move between the Sun and the Moon.

India was to launch a lunar mission on July 15, in an attempt to become the fourth country to land on the moon after the former Soviet Union, USA and China. However, a technical glitch has postponed the dream of cementing India’s place among the world’s space faring nations
 

The mission cost of Chandrayaan-2 with regard to the satellite was Rs 603 crore. The cost of GSLV MK III is Rs 375 crore. Chandrayaan-2 will launch on July 15