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All eyes on @isro this morning 👀 - the Indian Space Research Organisation is set to launch its spacecraft, #Chandrayaan2, to the south pole of the moon today. The launch is scheduled for 14:43 local time (10:13 BST). Here's @BBCNews' report from Thursday bbc.co.uk/news/world-asi…
This is @ISRO’s second attempt at launching #Chandrayaan2 - the first attempt, on 14 July, was aborted just minutes before launch, due to a “technical snag” newscientist.com/article/220991…
If the #Chandrayaan2 landing is successful, it will make India just the fourth nation to complete a soft landing on the moon, after the US, USSR, and China, and the first to land near the south pole newscientist.com/article/220954…
Why is landing on the south pole of the moon particularly important? The south pole has water ice in some of its craters, making it a promising target for human exploration newscientist.com/article/219780…
It’s certainly good timing on @ISRO’s part - this weekend’s #Apollo50 commemorations show the space race remains as fascinating as ever. The world seems to be entering a second era of moon fever newscientist.com/article/mg2423… 
Looks like they’re all set over @ISRO....good luck! 🇮🇳🚀
