Chandrayaan - indian mission to moon

By now everyone knows Chandrayaan-1, Indian's first spacecraft to get go to moon is about to launch on October 22nd 2008!! but a site called hubdub.com is running an interesting silly prediction  that aims to answer the question ?

“Will India’s chandrayaan-1 probe will successfully send data from lunar orbit?”

Will India's Chandrayaan-1 probe successfully send data from lunar orbit?

The flash widget above shows the real-time data of the prediction.

I am 100% sure it will be a successful mission. India has done it all alone and I know they will fulfill all mission requirements and objectives.

What do you say?

Related : check out videos of chandrayaan mission  and cool wallpapers of chandrayaan

In the year gone by, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) achieved self-reliance in launch vehicle technology with the successful ground testing of the Cryogenic Upper Stage, a key component in putting heavier payloads in orbit.


Capping a string of successes in 2007 in space research, India is poised to take a giant leap forward in the new year with the launch of its maiden moon mission Chandrayaan-I, a feat achieved by a few nations.

2008 will also see India taking first steps towards putting a man in space.

In the year gone by, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) achieved self-reliance in launch vehicle technology with the successful ground testing of the Cryogenic Upper Stage, a key component in putting heavier payloads in orbit.


Space scientists also accomplished the feat of bringing back a spacecraft to earth and was developing a rocket to put four tonne satellites in orbit.

Hectic preparations were underway for the launch of 'Chandrayaan-I' on April 9.

Read more about what ISRO has done in year 2007 here

Do you know when the launch of Chandrayaan-1 is?

Yes Chandrayaan-I, india's first mission to the chanda mama (the moon) is scheduled for launch in April 9, 2008!!!

Yes the next year this is the mission that we all will be talking about. It will be a two years mission and Chandrayaan will take 5 days to reach chanda mama!!!

I nearly missed this editorial from The Hindu, a newspaper I used to read while in Chennai, but a chance search on Net brought this before me and I thought why not share it with you all..

I agree that chandrayaan-1 will be a mission that will surely boost India's self-confidence and self reliance.

Asians are heading out to the Moon. In September, the Japanese unmanned spacecraft, the Selenological and Engineering Explorer, nicknamed 'Kaguya,' was launched. It was followed a month later by China's Chang'e-1 space probe. Both spacecraft, safely in orbit around the Moon, have started sending back images and data. Meanwhile, the Indian Space Research Organisation's engineers are racing to get Chandrayaan-1 ready for its flight scheduled for April 2008.

South Korea announced recently that it too wanted to build a launch vehicle and send its own probe to the Moon by 2020. "An Asian Moon race is neither particularly worrying nor especially inspiring," the science journal Nature editorialised recently. After all, it noted, in the 1960s and 1970s, the United States and the Soviet Union mounted dozens of manned as well as unmanned missions to the Moon and brought back samples. There is, however, no space race to the Moon among Asians or anyone else. Those who study planetary bodies argue that there is much good science to be done by exploring and examining the Moon in unprecedented detail. As a result, both U.S. and European institutions are providing several scientific instruments for the Chandrayaan-1 mission.
There is the tantalising possibility of the Moon holding mineral and other resources that might become invaluable some time in the future.


An important reason for visiting the Earth's natural satellite is that such missions provide the hands-on experience indispensable to future explorations of other planetary bodies and beyond. So, as Asian nations grow in economic strength, scientific prowess, and self-confidence, it is natural that they should want to keep open avenues in space to the opportunities of tomorrow. The U.S. is committed to returning humans to the Moon by 2020 and then embarking on the manned exploration of Mars. Although both China and India are known to be contemplating sending astronauts to the Moon, neither country has yet formally committed itself to such a goal. But more unmanned exploration is very much on the cards. China, for instance, is planning to send a rover that can move about on the lunar surface, and in a later mission to bring back rock and soil samples. India too is thinking along similar lines. During Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's recent visit to Russia, the space agencies of the two countries signed an agreement to work together on Chandrayaan-2, a mission to land a rover on the Moon during 2011-2012. From the dawn of human history, Earth's nearest neighbour has held its allure - and not without reason

Even as chandrayaan-1 is underway, ISRO that is India has begun technical discussions with Russia on the joint moon mission Chandrayaan-II which is expected to be launched in 2011-12.

Scientists are planning to land a rover on the moon for carrying out chemical analysis of the lunar surface and explore other resources on the earth's natural satellite.

"In situ chemical analysis and resource exploration is the main objective of Chandrayaan-II," Mylaswamy Annadurai, Project Director of Chandrayaan-I,
told PTI.

Source: the Hindu (http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/001200712181424.htm)

Dr. Mylswamy Annadurai is Project Director of Chandrayaan 1.


Prior to the present appointment, Mr. Annadurai was in Charge of India's National Communication satellite (INSAT) missions as the Mission Director. He has also served as the Associate Project director, for GSAT-3EDUSAT. He was the member secretary of the task team that prepared Chandrayaan-1 project report



Read more about him at wikipedia. And see the man who is behind the mission that will put India in the elite group of nations.

I have created a youtube play list for the chandrayaan mission. See the video's below In total there are 10 video related to chandrayaan and indian space program.







Here are some links of chandrayaan's vedio.

check out the video of chandrayaan at youtube.

Its 9 minute vedio. Be prepared for some delays if you are watching it on a dial up!!

And here's another one

This is Chandrayaan Animation (India's Mission to Moon) by Thejes Consultancy Inc.

and this one is about ISRO

Times of India reports that karnataka village will control India's Moon mission.


"An hour's drive from IT city Bangalore lies Byalalu, a non descript hamlet with a handful of residents and virtually no amenities. But it is this saucer-shaped village, spread over 123 acres across the Bangalore-Mysore highway, which will launch India on its journey to the Moon...... " read more