NASA congratulated ISRO for the successful launch of moon mission Chandrayaan 2

In a tweet, the premier US space agency said that “Congrats to @ISRO on the launch of Chandrayaan 2, a mission to study the Moon. 

The Times newspaper of London reported that India has launched a rocket to the moon, aiming to become the fourth country to land a craft on the lunar surface and cement its emergence as a leading space power.

Leading British newspaper, The Guardian reported that  Chandrayaan-2 aims to become the first mission to conduct a surface landing on the lunar south pole region, where it will collect crucial information about the moon’s composition.