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Great news on the launch. But it ain't over till the land rover starts transmitting, so to speak. This will orbit earth for a bit till the moon snags it into its own orbit, and then it lands on the moon in September.

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Yes, Chandrayaan-1 already crash landed on moon once. The new part of this mission is soft landing for a rover, which will only happen in early September.

Chandrayaan-1 operated for 312 days and seven years later it was found still circling the moon [1]. The Moon Impact Probe (MIP) crash-landed on the moon, possibly by design.

[1] https://edition.cnn.com/2017/03/10/health/nasa-chandrayaan-s...

Geez, when they said it wasn't a direct transfer, they weren't kidding. They must be milking the the Oberth effect for everything it's worth if it will take a month+ to get the payload there.

Do you want to be in the payload? We can get you there really fast. Just strap on a giant booster to your back. Direct transfer

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