INDIA HAS LAUNCHED a spacecraft into space on a mission to the far side of the moon. It’s a follow-up bid to its failed effort nearly four years ago to land a rover softly on the lunar surface. Chandrayaan-3, the word for “moon craft” in Sanskrit, blasted off from a launch pad in Sriharikota with an orbiter, a lander and a rover. It will embark on a journey lasting slightly over a month before landing on the moon’s surface later in August. Applause and cheers swept through mission control at Satish Dhawan Space Centre, where Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)...