OREANDA-NEWS. October 22, 2008. Following the launch of India`s first unmanned mission to the Moon on Wednesday, the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) said the second lunar probe would be prepared with Russian involvement.
  
Work on Chandrayaan-2, an Indo-Russian joint venture, is to begin after Chandrayaan-1 starts exploration work on the moon, ISRO Chairman G Madhavan Nair said.  Chandrayaan means "Moon Craft" in ancient Sanskrit.