** Chandrayaan 1 - India's Mission To Moon

INDIA'S MISSION TO MOON

India has started their mission to moon through the successful launch of Chandrayan 1 on 21/10/2008. This is one of the very important moment in Indian history. This project has made a new revolution in the space field and it will enable many people to do many researches about Moon. This is the beginning for India's manned mission to moon. As a citizen of India I am really proud of this and I congratulate each and every one who contributed for this success.

Following are the missions to moon in the last two decades:

HITEN -- A project of the Japanese Space Agency was launched from the
Uchinaoura Space Center in Japan on 24^th January 1990.

CLEMENTINE -- A joint project between the Strategic Defence Initiative Organisation and NASA, was launched from Vandenberg AFB aboard a Titan IIG rocket on 25^th January 1994.

ASIASAT 3/HGS-1 -- A project funded by Asia Satellite Telecommunications co. Ltd (the Peoples Republic of China) and Pan American Satellite (United States) was launched from Tyuratam in Kazakhstan on 24^th Dec 1997.

LUNAR PROSPECTOR -- was launched from the Kennedy Space Centre on 7^th January 1998.

SMART 1 -- was launched from Kourou in French Guiana on 27^th September 2003.

KAGUYA -- was launched from Tanegashima in Japan on 14^th September 2007.

CHANG'E 1 -- was launched from Xichang in China on 24^th October 2007.

CHANDRAYAAN-I -- was launched from Sriharikota in India on 22^nd October 2008.

Check out these links for more information,

• Chandrayaan 1
• Chandrayaan 1 Images
  

Well done ISRO