India Launches Moon Mission a Week After It Was Aborted

NEW DELHI—India successfully launched an unmanned spacecraft to the far side of the moon on July 22, a week after aborting the mission due to a technical problem.

The Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) Chandrayaan-2 (Moon Chariot 2), with on board the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-mark III-M1), launches at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, an island off the coast of southern Andhra Pradesh state, on July 22, 2019. Arun Sankar/AFP/Getty Images

NEW DELHI—India successfully launched an unmanned spacecraft to the far side of the moon on Monday, July 22, a week after aborting the mission due to a technical problem.

Scientists at the mission control center burst into applause as the rocket lifted off in clear weather as scheduled at 2:43 p.m. from Sriharikota in southern India.