India Hopes to Become Fourth Country on the Moon in September

India’s space agency says it will make the country’s first landing on the surface of the moon in September this year.

Scientists work on the orbiter vehicle of "Chandrayaan-2" for India's first moon lander and rover mission. Manjunath Kiran/AFP/Getty Images

India’s space agency says it will make the country’s first landing on the surface of the moon in September this year.

The country’s latest lunar mission, Chandrayaan-2, which means “moon vehicle” in Sanskrit, is to lift off in mid-July.