India calls off Moon mission launch 56 minutes before blast-off 0 SHARES Share it! “A technical snag was observed in launch vehicle system at T-56 minute,” the India Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said on Twitter. “As a measure of abundant precaution, #Chandrayaan2 launch has been called off for today. India had spent about $140 million on preparations for Chandrayaan-2 and had hailed the mission as one of the cheapest ever. India’s first lunar mission in 2008 — Chandrayaan-1 — did not land on the Moon, but carried out a search for water using radars.

Source: Manila Bulletin July 14, 2019 22:18 UTC