Indian Spacecraft

Chandrayaan-1, the Indian Space Research Organisations (ISRO) lunar orbiter, was captured into orbit around the Moon on 8 November. One day later, the spacecraft performed a manoeuvre that lowered the closest point of its orbit down to 200 km from the Moon. Over the next few days, the height of the spacecrafts orbit around the Moon will be carefully reduced in steps to achieve a final 100-km polar lunar orbit. The Moon Impact Probe (MIP) will then be released to hit the lunar surface, after which the other instruments on board will be turned on.

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Science & Technology

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• Chandrayaan-1
• moon
• spacecraft
• India
• PSLV

[robinsonjay]

As a test, they should scan the landing site of the Apollo 11 mission to see if their detector picks up on the elements that we know are present in the materials left behind when Apollo 11 left. I like missions like this.

[magnetismewave]

Man! I can't wait to see the moon lander and the american flag. :)