Chandrayaan - indian mission to moon

According to the telegraph, the star-crossed Indo-US nuclear deal will give way to joint efforts to reach the moon as the new symbol of friendship between New Delhi and Washington following the visit of G. Madhavan Nair, chairman of the Indian Space Research Organization (Isro), next week.

Nair will meet Michael Griffin, administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa), and fine-tune America's involvement in Chandrayaan-1, the first Indian planetary science and exploration mission.

Preparations are briskly apace at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, for the launch of India's pioneering moon-bound lunar craft on April 9, but a final word on speculation about changing the lift-off to May or June will come after Nair's meetings here.

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