<span style="color: #222222;">The Chandrayaan-2 has successfully left the earth-centric orbit and has begun its journey straight to the moon early this morning.<br />''<br />'' Scientists of the national space agency ISRO achieved its trans-lunar ion by firing the engine on-board at 2.21 am today for 20-minutes, three seconds. It is currently on its way towards the moon, whose parameters are all healthy, as said by the ISRO in a release.<br />''<br />''The orbiter of the Chandrayaan-2 carrying the lander Vikram and rover Pragyaan is set to reach a moon-centric orbit on the 20th of this month. <br />''<br />''After a fresh series of moon-centric manoeuvres, it will unleash the lander on September 2 so that it could soft-land near the lunar South Pole on the seventh of September. The rover will emerge from the lander shortly afterwards to explore the uncharted terrain.</span>