FAQS: What makes Chandrayaan-2 special and why we are going to the moon

India will be the first country to explore the Lunar South Pole

India's heavy lift rocket Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle - Mark III (GSLV Mk III), nicknamed 'Baahubali', and its passenger Chandrayaan-2 are being readied  for their historic flight to the Moon on July 15

About 16 minutes into its flight, the Rs 375 crore GSLV Mk III rocket will put into orbit the Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft.

The rocket will carry the 3.8-tonne Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft. Chandrayaan-2 will be injected into an Earth parking 170x40400 km orbit.

Why are we going to the Moon?
 

The Moon is the closest cosmic body at which space discovery can be attempted and documented. It is also a promising test bed