India's second lunar module has begun orbiting the Moon, nearly a month after blasting off, officials have confirmed. The manoeuvre to put the module into the lunar orbit was completed at 09:02 local time (04:32 GMT) on Tuesday (Aug 20).
Chandrayaan-2 was launched from the Sriharikota space station on Jul 22, a week after the scheduled blast-off was halted due to a technical snag.
India hopes the mission will be the first to land on the Moon's south pole.
Last month's launch was the beginning of a 384,000km (239,000-mile) journey. Scientists hope the lander will touch down on the Moon on Sep 6 or 7 as planned.
- Source: News websites
