July 22: India's second moon mission lifts off Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mark 3 (GSLV Mark 3) M1 onboard Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Chennai.
July 24-August 2: The engine is propelled for 48 seconds.Over the next few days,Chandrayaan-2 performsits first, second, third and fourth earthbound orbit manoeuvre.
August 4: Chandrayaan-2 successfully clicks and sends images of Earth.
August 6: Chandrayaan-2 completes its fifth earthbound orbit manoeuvre.
August 14: Chandrayaan-2 inches closer to the moon as it enters Lunar Transfer Trajectory successfully.
August 20: A week later, itsuccessfully enters into the Lunar orbit.
August 22: For the first time, Chandrayaan-2 sends aset of images of the moon via LI4 Camera.
August 26: Chandrayaan-2 sends the second set of images. The images show lunar craters Jackson, Mach, Korolev and Mitra (in the name of ProfSisir Kumar Mitra).Mitra is a Bengali physicist who pioneered the use of radio technology in India.
August 28: India inches closes to the moon mission as it completes third lunar bound orbit manoeuvre.
August 30: It successfully performs its fourth lunar bound orbit manoeuvre.
September 1: Chandrayaan-2 performs its fifth and final lunar bound orbit manoeuvre.
September 2: Chandrayaan-2 successfully separates the Lander Vikram.
September 3: Chandrayaan-2 performsits first lunar bound de-orbiting manoeuvre with a duration of 4 seconds, and the second lunar bound de-orbiting manoeuvre within 9 seconds.
September 7: The spacecraft will finally touch the south polar region of the moon.