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The Earth as viewed from Chandrayaan-1 |
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| India's first unmanned lunar spacecraft Chandrayaan-1 successfully landed the Moon Impact Probe on the moon and has already sent first pictures from the lunar surface. |
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What is Chandrayaan-1? |
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Footsteps on the Moon |
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| Chandrayaan-1 is an unmanned lunar exploration mission by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). The mission includes a lunar orbiter as well as an impactor. The spacecraft will be launched by a modified version of the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle. |
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| The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite and the 5th-largest natural satellite in the solar system. The centre-to-centre distance from Earth to Moon is 3,84,403 km, about 30 times the diameter of the Earth. |
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| India in space |
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Apr 28, 2008: PSLV-C9 successfully launches CARTOSAT-2A, IMS-1 and 8 foreign nano satellites from Sriharikota.
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Jan 21, 2008: PSLV-C10 successfully launches TECSAR satellite under a commercial contract with Antrix Corporation. |
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Sep 2, 2007: Successful launch of GSLV (GSLV-F04) with INSAT-4CR on board from SDSC SHAR. |
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| ISRO gifts moon to India on Nehru's birthday |
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| Chandrayaan reaches its destination |
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Should India spend Rs 3.8 bn to launch the spacecraft in a time of economic depression? |
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