Chandrayaan-2 was India's second lunar mission, launched by a GSLV Mk III rocket from Sriharikota. It consisted of an orbiter, a lander named Vikram and a small rover named Pragyan, and it aimed to land near the Moon's south pole. The orbiter entered lunar orbit in August 2019, and the lander separated in September and began its powered descent, but contact was lost at an altitude of about two kilometers, and it crashed because of a software problem. The orbiter continued to work for years, mapping the surface and searching for water ice. India's space agency followed with Chandrayaan-3, which landed successfully near the south pole in 2023, making India the fourth country to soft-land on the Moon.
Before and after
- 26 May 20192019 European Parliament election in Romania
- 20 June 2019Founding of Renew Europe
- from 27 June 2019 to 1 January 2023Abraham Weintraub–Wikipedia controversy
- 21 July 20192019 Yuen Long attack
- 22 July 2019Launch of Chandrayaan-2
- 5 August 2019Death of Toni Morrison
- 10 August 2019Bærum mosque shooting
- 6 September 2019Death of Robert Mugabe
- from 20 September 2019 to 22 September 2019Storm Area 51
More in Universe & space
- 4 October 1957Launch of Sputnik 1
- 20 August 1977Launch of Voyager 2
- 28 July 1989Discovery of Galatea
- 23 July 1995Discovery of Comet Hale-Bopp
- 15 May 2005Discovery of Hydra
- 10 September 2005Discovery of Dysnomia
The era
This moment belongs to the Contemporary world (1945 CE to today), the world since 1945. You can also browse everything in the 21st century.