Category Archives: India’ Moon Mission

India, Russia complete design of new lunar probe

India and Russia have finished the design of a second unmanned lunar orbiter to be sent to the Moon in 2011-2012, quoted the Indian Express newspaper.”Right now, the design has been completed. We had a joint review with Russian scientists … Continue reading

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Chandrayaan-1 develops critical malfunction

India’s first moon mission Chandrayaan-I, launched in October last with a two-year life span, has lost a major sensor and may meet a premature end, ISRO said on Friday. ( Watch ) “Unfortunately, during the last month we have lost … Continue reading

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LASER Instrument on Chandrayaan-1 Successfully Turned ON

Lunar Laser Ranging Instrument (LLRI), one of the 11 scientific instruments (payloads) carried by Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft, has successfully been turned ON . The instrument was switched ON when the spacecraft was passing over western part of the moon’s visible hemisphere. … Continue reading

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Chandrayan Mission:Indian Tricolour Placed on the Moon

In a historic event, the Indian space programme achieved a unique feat on November 14, 2008 with the placing of Indian tricolour on the Moon’s surface on Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru’s birthday. The Indian flag was painted on the sides of … Continue reading

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