India’s space agency is readying to launch a rocket as soon as Friday that will attempt to land a rover on the moon and mark the country’s arrival as a power in space exploration and the new frontier of space commerce.
Built on a budget of less than $75m, the Chandrayaan-3, which means “moon vehicle” in Sanskrit, is set to blast off from India’s main spaceport in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh at 2:35pm local time (09:05 GMT).
