Chandrayaan-2 is about to begin its final descent to pull off a historic soft landing on the lunar surface.
The India's second moon mission has gone through a long journey dotted with many events in close to 12 years since being conceived in 2007.
Starting from Chandrayaan 1, here's a list of all the major events that led Chandrayaan-2 to where it is today:
April 2003
Over 100 eminent Indian scientists in the fields of planetary and space sciences, Earth sciences, physics, chemistry, astronomy, astrophysics and engineering and communication sciences discuss and approve the Task Force recommendation to launch a