ISRO conducts moon landing tests amid Chandrayaan-2 plans
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has started conducting Moon landing tests for its Chandrayaan-2 mission at its Karnataka centre, reports said on Friday. Several craters resembling Moon's terrain have been created to test instruments and sensors on the lander of Chandrayaan-2. Chandrayaan-2 is ISRO's second mission to the Moon and will tentatively be launched between 2017-2018.