India gets ready for its first unmanned moon mission
In less than 7 hours at 6AM IST, India’s Chandrayaan-1 will expedite itself to the first ever lunar mission. Chandrayaan is a Sanskrit word meaning Moon Craft which took almost 4 years to build with an estimated cost of INR 3.8 billion or USD 83 million.
The objectives of the mission are to expand scientific knowledge about the moon, upgrade India’s technological capability and to provide challenging opportunities for planetary research to the younger generation of Indian scientists. Chandrayaan will also carry other 11 scientific instruments for the purpose of studying different characteristics.
Indian Space Research Organisation will webcast it live from 5.50AM IST (12.20AM GMT) over here.
Written by Kunal Gangar on October 21st, 2008 with no comments.
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