India plans to launch third moon mission next year

Chandrayaan-3

NEW DELHI, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) plans to launch its third moon mission Chandrayaan-3 in June next year, the state-run broadcaster All India Radio said Friday.

The broadcaster said ISRO plans to send Indian astronauts into space by 2024.

India's federal junior minister for the department of space Jitendra Singh has said the progress of the third moon mission Chandrayaan-3 was hampered due to the COVID-19 pandemic last year.