India launches rocket in second try at moon landing

Success would make nation the fourth to reach the lunar surface

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An Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) rocket carrying the Chandrayaan-3 lunar spacecraft lifts off on July 14. © AFP/Jiji

KIRAN SHARMA, Nikkei staff writer

NEW DELHI -- India on Friday launched an ambitious mission to land a spacecraft on the moon, anxious to forget about a previous disappointment and become the fourth nation to make it to the celestial body.

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