India's maiden voyage to the Moon is firmly on track andChandrayaan 2 is expected to be around Earth's permanent natural satellite onAugust 20. The landing on Moon is expected on September 7.

K Sivan, chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation(ISRO), gave out the details of the plans on Monday and said that Chandrayaan 2is on schedule. "On August 20, the spacecraft will be reaching moon andwe'll be carrying out lunar orbit insertion. By this process, Chandrayaan 2will be around Moon on August 20. We plan to have a series of manoeuvres aroundMoon. Finally, on September 7, we'll be landing on Moon. This is ourplan."

Sivan also said that Chandrayaan 2 will close the distancewith the Moon from August 14. "On (August) 14th early morning, around3:30, we are going to have a manoeuvre called trans-lunar injection. By thisprocess, Chandrayaan 2 will leave Earth and move towards the Moon," hesaid.India created history on July 22 when ISRO launched the country's secondlunar mission. Chandrayaan 2 seeks to explore the far side of the Moon, a featno other country has achieved yet. A landing on Moon will also make India onlythe fourth country - after the US, Russia and China - to achieve this feat. Ifthis landing is successful, the 10-billion-rupee ($146-million) mission willallow scientists to carry out studies regarding the presence of water at theMoon's south pole.