tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82370027332771792822011-07-07T18:10:18.486-07:00This Blog follows the progress of India's first Moon Mission, Chandrayaan-1 Orbiter and its scientific progress.S. Prasadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03354173563938087253noreply@blogger.comBlogger471100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237002733277179282.post-36707957256469106452010-09-22T15:44:00.000-07:002010-10-29T09:33:44.810-07:00<div align="center"><a href="http://www.frontlineonnet.com/fl2720/images/20101008272009001.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 189px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 350px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.frontlineonnet.com/fl2720/images/20101008272009001.jpg" /></a> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:85%;color:#993300;">CHACE Payload of MIP</span></div><div align="left"><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family:'Georgia','serif';color:#009900;"><a href="http://www.frontlineonnet.com/fl2720/stories/20101008272009000.htm">The Moon Impact Probe (MIP) Reveals the Mysteries of the Moon</a></span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:'Georgia','serif';color:black;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family:'Georgia','serif';color:black;">-</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:'Georgia','serif';color:black;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family:'Georgia','serif';color:#c00000;">Frontline Magazine, September 25, 2010.</span></span><span style="color:#c00000;"><?xml:namespace prefix = o /><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8237002733277179282-3670795725646910645?l=india-chandrayaan.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>S. Prasadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03354173563938087253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237002733277179282.post-68532424069351029772010-05-27T09:12:00.000-07:002010-05-27T09:20:21.694-07:00<a href="http://www.sciencedirect.com/cache/MiamiImageURL/B6V6T-4YJ4NF4-1-8/0?wchp=dGLbVlW-zSkWA"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 225px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 167px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.sciencedirect.com/cache/MiamiImageURL/B6V6T-4YJ4NF4-1-8/0?wchp=dGLbVlW-zSkWA" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&amp;_udi=B6V6T-4YJ4NF4-1&amp;_user=10&amp;_coverDate=05%2F31%2F2010&amp;_rdoc=9&amp;_fmt=high&amp;_orig=browse&amp;_srch=doc-info(%23toc%235823%232010%23999419993%231906714%23FLA%23display%23Volume)&amp;_cdi=5823&amp;_sort=d&amp;_docanchor=&amp;_ct=9&amp;_acct=C000050221&amp;_version=1&amp;_urlVersion=0&amp;_userid=10&amp;md5=f51f5b4b5a6f8ee0f6560663f8414526"><span style="color:#006600;">Direct detection of water in its vapour phase found by in situ measurements carried out by the Chandra’s Altitudinal Composition Explorer (CHACE) payload, onboard the Moon Impact Probe (MIP) of Chandrayaan I mission</span> </a>- <span style="color:#660000;">Planetary and Space Science Journal, May 2010.</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8237002733277179282-6853242406935102977?l=india-chandrayaan.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>S. Prasadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03354173563938087253noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237002733277179282.post-16310093000166970802010-03-05T05:47:00.000-08:002010-03-05T05:55:30.135-08:00<div align="left"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 463px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 257px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2010/03/100304165918-large.jpg" /> <em><span style="font-size:78%;">Three views of the Apollo Basin taken with NASA’s Moon Mineralogy Mapper instrument on board India’s Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft. </span></em><br /><br /><a href="http://beta.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/article183130.ece?homepage=true"><span style="color:#006600;">Scientists have discovered moon’s biggest and deepest crater - some 2,400 km long and 9 km deep - using data from a NASA instrument that flew aboard India’s maiden unmanned lunar mission Chandrayaan—I</span></a> - <span style="color:#660000;">The Hindu, March 05, 2010.</span><br /><span style="color:#660000;"></span><br /><span style="color:#660000;"><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/03/100304165918.htm"><span style="color:#006600;">Biggest, Deepest Crater Exposes Hidden, Ancient Moon</span></a> - Science Daily, March 04, 2010.</span> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8237002733277179282-1631009300016697080?l=india-chandrayaan.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>S. Prasadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03354173563938087253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237002733277179282.post-84803441139458791032010-03-02T05:19:00.001-08:002010-03-03T13:28:54.118-08:00<a href="http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/430811main_feature_ice-like_A.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 345px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 341px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/430811main_feature_ice-like_A.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/Mini-RF/multimedia/feature_ice_like_deposits.html"><span style="color:#006600;">NASA's Mini-SAR instrument, a lightweight, synthetic aperture radar, finds more than 40 small craters with water ice</span></a> - <span style="color:#660000;">NASA Multimedia, March 02, 2010.</span><br /><div><span style="color:#660000;"></span></div><br /><a href="http://www.astronomynow.com/news/n1003/03moon/"><span style="color:#006600;">Radar data from Mini-SAR from India's Chandrayaan-1 Spacecraft reveals tons of Water Ice Deposits from North Pole of the Moon</span></a> - <span style="color:#660000;">Astronomynow.com<br /></span><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 318px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 250px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.spacedaily.com/images-lg/daytime-nighttime-lunar-south-pole-temperatures-lg.jpg" /> <div><span style="color:#660000;"><a href="http://www.space-travel.com/reports/NASA_Radar_Finds_Ice_Deposits_At_Moon_North_Pole_999.html"><span style="color:#006600;">Nasa's Radar instrument onboard Chandrayaan-1 finds Ice deposits on Moon's North pole</span></a> - Space Daily, March 02. 2010.</span></div><div><span style="color:#660000;"></span></div><div><span style="color:#660000;"><a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35653907/ns/technology_and_science-space/"><span style="color:#006600;">Tons of Water Ice found on Moon's North Pole</span></a> - MSNBC.com, March 02, 2010.</span></div><div><span style="color:#660000;"><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8544635.stm"><span style="color:#006600;">Chandrayaan-1 Finds Ice Deposits at Moon's Pole</span></a> - BBC online, March 02, 2010.</span></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8237002733277179282-8480344113945879103?l=india-chandrayaan.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>S. Prasadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03354173563938087253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237002733277179282.post-24249370774266792132010-02-10T18:32:00.000-08:002010-02-10T18:39:27.669-08:00<a href="http://beta.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/00030/IN09_CHANDRAYAAN_30826e.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 335px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 394px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://beta.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/00030/IN09_CHANDRAYAAN_30826e.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://beta.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/article103902.ece"><span style="color:#006600;">Moon Mineralogy Mapper (M3) Instrument Onboard the Chandrayaan-1 Discovers New lunar Rock type</span></a> - <span style="color:#660000;">The Hindu, February 09, 2010.</span></div><div><span style="color:#660000;"></span> </div><div><span style="color:#660000;"><a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Chandrayaan-1-also-found-new-types-of-rocks/articleshow/5550403.cms"><span style="color:#006600;">Chandrayaan-1 also found new lunar rock types</span></a> - Times of India, February 09, 2010.</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8237002733277179282-2424937077426679213?l=india-chandrayaan.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>S. Prasadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03354173563938087253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237002733277179282.post-92159871905717547712010-02-08T16:45:00.000-08:002010-02-10T18:42:57.239-08:00<a href="http://beta.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/00030/tubular_30639e.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 318px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 338px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://beta.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/00030/tubular_30639e.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://beta.thehindu.com/news/national/article103245.ece?homepage=true"><span style="color:#006600;">Analysis of Terrain Mapping Camera (TMC) Data on-board Chandrayaan-1 revealed Remnant Tubular Structure formation as Ideal Landing Sites for future Landers and Human Exploration of Moon</span> </a>- <span style="color:#660000;">The Hindu, February 09, 2010.</span></div><div><span style="color:#660000;"></span> </div><div><span style="color:#660000;"><a href="http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics/nation/Indian-scientists-discover-a-large-cave-on-the-Moon/articleshow/5550011.cms"><span style="color:#006600;">Indian Scientists discover large cave on the Moon</span></a> - Economic Times, February 09, 2010.</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8237002733277179282-9215987190571754771?l=india-chandrayaan.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>S. Prasadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03354173563938087253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237002733277179282.post-10965167754415887542010-01-28T17:50:00.000-08:002010-02-01T18:43:53.544-08:00<a href="http://www.deccanherald.com/images/editor_images/Jan%202010/Jan%2027%202010/moon-mission-2-jan27.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 250px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 173px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.deccanherald.com/images/editor_images/Jan%202010/Jan%2027%202010/moon-mission-2-jan27.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://mybangalore.com/article/0110/the-moon-mission-at-isro.html"><span style="color:#006600;">"Mission Moon: Exploring the Moon with Chandrayaan-1" Book Published</span></a> - <span style="color:#660000;">mybangalore.com, January 26, 2010.</span><br /><br /><div><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 198px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 263px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.indiabookmart.com/images/books/9780143331308_b.jpg" border="0" /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8237002733277179282-1096516775441588754?l=india-chandrayaan.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>S. Prasadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03354173563938087253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237002733277179282.post-3694018398398407112009-12-28T16:03:00.000-08:002009-12-28T16:10:28.895-08:00<a href="http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/388714main_green_fig1c-full.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 309px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 219px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/388714main_green_fig1c-full.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/091228-best-space-science-2009.html"><span style="color:#006600;">Discovery of Lunar Water traces by Chandrayaan-1 Rated as No.1 Astronomy Milestones of 2009</span></a> - <span style="color:#660000;">Space.com, December 28, 2009.</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8237002733277179282-369401839839840711?l=india-chandrayaan.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>S. Prasadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03354173563938087253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237002733277179282.post-58497657359579195312009-12-14T16:34:00.000-08:002009-12-27T06:29:25.679-08:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1bKZdO8xK7c/SzdvKob0HmI/AAAAAAAAAik/i86b8w9IwiI/s1600-h/CHYN-NASA2009YIR.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419922905007136354" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 201px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1bKZdO8xK7c/SzdvKob0HmI/AAAAAAAAAik/i86b8w9IwiI/s320/CHYN-NASA2009YIR.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.blogger.com/Spinoff%20technologies%20from%20mission%20will%20help%20identify%20water%20location%20in%20places%20like%20Rajasthan,"><span style="color:#009900;">Chandrayaan-1 Spinoff technologies to help identify water location in places like Rajasthan</span></a> - <span style="color:#990000;">The Hindu, December 14, 2009</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8237002733277179282-5849765735957919531?l=india-chandrayaan.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>S. Prasadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03354173563938087253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237002733277179282.post-12861079809186439062009-10-19T17:00:00.000-07:002009-10-19T17:47:42.530-07:00<div align="center"><br /></div><div align="left"><a href="http://www.astronomynow.com/news/n0910/15SARA/SARA1.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 389px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 228px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.astronomynow.com/news/n0910/15SARA/SARA1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091015091605.htm"><span style="color:#009900;">How the Moon Produces Its Own Water</span></a> - <span style="color:#990000;">Science Daily, October 19, 2009.</span><br /></div><div align="left"><br /></div><div align="left"><a href="http://www.esa.int/esaSC/SEM8TBYRA0G_index_0.html"><span style="color:#009900;">Hydrogen offers a new way to study Moon</span></a> - <span style="color:#990000;">ESA Space Science, October 16, 2009.</span></div><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 131px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.esa.int/images/sara01_L.jpg" border="0" /> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;color:#000099;">SARA (Sub Kev Atom reflecting Analyser ) Instrument in Chandrayaan-1<br /></span></p><br /><a href="http://www.hindu.com/2009/10/17/stories/2009101757372200.htm"><span style="color:#009900;">Like a Big Sponge, Moon Absorbs Charged Particles to Produce Water</span></a> - <span style="color:#990000;">The Hindu, October 15, 2009.<br /></span><br /><a href="http://www.astronomynow.com/news/n0910/15SARA/"><span style="color:#009900;">The Water-generating Moon: SARA Instrument Onboard Chandrayaan-1 Spacecraft Confirms Solar Wind as Key Player in Generating Moon Water</span></a> - <span style="color:#990000;">AstronomyNow.com, October 15, 2009.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8237002733277179282-1286107980918643906?l=india-chandrayaan.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>S. Prasadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03354173563938087253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237002733277179282.post-34957870363701881122009-09-25T10:47:00.001-07:002010-02-10T18:56:01.940-08:00<a href="http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/388710main_clark_figure_3blue-full.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 426px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 273px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/388710main_clark_figure_3blue-full.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/topics/moonmars/features/moon20090924.html"><span style="color:#009900;">NASA Instrument Moon Mineralogy Mapper (M3) Reveal Traces of Water Molecules On Lunar Surface</span> </a>- <span style="color:#990000;">NASA Press Release, September 24, 2009.</span><br /><br /><div><span style="color:#990000;"></span></div><div><span style="color:#990000;"><a href="http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/1178658"><span style="color:#009900;">Character and Spatial Distribution of OH/H2O on the Surface of the Moon Seen by M3 on Chandrayaan-1</span></a> - Science, AAAS, September 24, 2009.</span></div><div><span style="color:#990000;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="color:#990000;"><a href="http://www.hindu.com/2009/09/25/stories/2009092561570100.htm"><span style="color:#009900;">Chandrayaan-1 Finds Traces of Water on Moon</span></a> - The Hindu, September 24, 2009.</span></div><br /><a href="http://m3.jpl.nasa.gov/images/M3_Science_Mag_Cover.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 343px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 459px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://m3.jpl.nasa.gov/images/M3_Science_Mag_Cover.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="color:#990000;"><a href="http://astronomynow.com/news/n0909/24moon/"><span style="color:#009900;">Scientists Announce Evidence of Water on the Moon</span></a> - AstronomyNow, September 25, 2009.</span><br /><div><span style="color:#990000;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="color:#990000;"></span></div><div><span style="color:#990000;"></span></div><div><span style="color:#990000;"><a href="http://planetary.org/news/2009/0925_Indian_Orbiter_Produces_LongSought.html"><span style="color:#006600;">Indian Orbiter Produces Evidence for Water on Moon</span></a> - Planetary.Org, September 25, 2009.</span></div><br /><div><span style="color:#990000;"></span></div><div><span style="color:#990000;"></span></div><div></div><div><span style="color:#990000;"></span></div><div><span style="color:#990000;"></span></div><div><span style="color:#990000;"><a href="http://www.isro.org/news/pdf/ISRO-PRESS-BRIEFING.pdf"><span style="color:#009900;">Remote Sensing of Moon - A Brief Analysis of Chandrayaan-1 Instruments Results</span></a> - ISRO, September 25, 2009.</span></div><div><span style="color:#990000;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="color:#990000;"><a href="http://pay.hindu.com/ebook%20-%20ebfl20091023part1.pdf"><span style="color:#009900;">Lunar Surprise: A Secial Report on Chandrayaan-1 Mission and Results</span></a> - Frontline Magazine, Oct. 23, 2009.</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8237002733277179282-3495787036370188112?l=india-chandrayaan.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>S. Prasadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03354173563938087253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237002733277179282.post-635301328237631512009-09-09T16:21:00.000-07:002009-09-19T07:48:55.381-07:00<a href="http://www.ias.ac.in/currsci/sep102009/image001.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 295px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 360px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.ias.ac.in/currsci/sep102009/image001.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://www.hindu.com/2009/09/19/stories/2009091958942000.htm"><span style="color:#009900;">Chandrayaan-1 X-Ray Spectrometer (C1XS) Detects Moon's Minerals as Solar Flares Shine its Surface</span></a> - <span style="color:#990000;">The Hindu, September 19, 2009.</span></div><div> </div><div><a href="http://www.ias.ac.in/currsci/sep102009/630.pdf"><span style="color:#009900;">Terrain Mapping Camera (TMC) Onboard Chandrayaan-1 Captures Halo Around Apollo-15 Landing Site Using Stereoscopic Views</span></a> - <span style="color:#990000;">Current Science, September 10, 2009.</span></div><br /><div></div><div><a href="http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Chandrayaan_Enables_Study_Interaction_Without_Magnetic_Field_999.html"><span style="color:#006600;">Chandrayaan-1 Enables Study of Interaction between Solar Wind and a Planetary Body without a Magnetic Field</span> </a>- <span style="color:#660000;">Space Daily, September 10, 2009.</span><br /><br /><a href="http://indiatoday.intoday.in/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=60775&amp;sectionid=22&amp;issueid=122&amp;Itemid=1"><span style="color:#006600;">Scientists Delighted Over Data Gathered by Chandrayaan-1 Mission</span></a> - <span style="color:#660000;">India Today, September 09, 2009.</span><br /><span style="color:#660000;"></span><br /><span style="color:#660000;"><a href="http://www.isro.org/pressrelease/scripts/pressreleasein.aspx?Sep08_2009"><span style="color:#006600;">Chandrayaan-1 Scientists Meet in Bangalore</span></a> - ISRO PR, September 08, 2009.</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8237002733277179282-63530132823763151?l=india-chandrayaan.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>S. Prasadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03354173563938087253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237002733277179282.post-26085239904564095272009-09-01T18:34:00.000-07:002009-09-06T09:52:06.243-07:00<a href="http://intranet.aiaa.org/industryresources/PDF/Space2009AwardsPR.pdf"><span style="color:#009900;">Chandrayaan-1 Mission Receives American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) 2009 Space Systems Award at SPACE 2009 Conference</span> </a>-<span style="color:#990000;"> AIAA Press Release, August 31, 2009.</span><br /><span style="color:#990000;"></span><br /><span style="color:#990000;"><a href="http://www.domain-b.com/aero/aero_general/20090901_chandrayaan1.html"><span style="color:#009900;">American Astronautics Society Award for Chandrayaan-1 Team</span></a> - Domain-b.com, September 01, 2009.</span><br /><span style="color:#990000;"></span><br /><span style="color:#990000;"><a href="http://beta.thehindu.com/news/national/article15861.ece"><span style="color:#009900;">Space Systems Award for Chandrayaan-1 Mission</span></a> - The Hindu, September 6, 2009.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8237002733277179282-2608523990456409527?l=india-chandrayaan.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>S. Prasadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03354173563938087253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237002733277179282.post-18244222376927170472009-08-29T07:05:00.000-07:002009-09-12T07:27:14.800-07:00<a href="http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/shortsharpscience/2009/09/moons-heat-hastened-indian-pro.html"><span style="color:#009900;">Moon's Heat hastened Indian Probe's demise</span> </a>- <span style="color:#990000;">New Scientist, September 08, 2009.</span><br /><br /><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8230230.stm"><span style="color:#009900;">India's First Moon Mission is a 'Mixed Success'</span></a> <span style="color:#990000;">- BBC Online, August 31, 2009. </span><br /><span style="color:#990000;"><br /></span><a href="http://www.moondaily.com/reports/Indian_scientists_hail_aborted_lunar_mission_a_success_999.html"><span style="color:#009900;">Indian Scientists Hail Aborted Lunar Mission a Success</span></a> - <span style="color:#990000;">Space Daily, August 30, 2009. </span><br /><br /><a href="http://beta.thehindu.com/opinion/editorial/article12055.ece"><span style="color:#009900;">Adieu, Chandrayaan-1</span></a> - <span style="color:#990000;">The Hindu (editorial), August 30, 2009.</span><br /><br /><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 324px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 307px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://beta.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/00002/CHANDRAYAAN_1_2116f.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div><a href="http://beta.thehindu.com/sci-tech/article11323.ece?homepage=true&amp;css=print"><span style="color:#009900;">India's First Moon Mission is Over as Chandrayaan-1 loses Radio Communication with ISRO</span></a> - <span style="color:#990000;">The Hindu, August 29, 2009.</span></div><br /><div></div><a href="http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/indias-first-moon-mission-over-space-agency-20090829-f3di.html"><span style="color:#009900;">India's First Moon Mission 'Over': Space Agency</span></a> - <span style="color:#990000;">Sydney Morning Herald, August 29, 2009. </span><br /><span style="color:#990000;"><br /></span><div><span style="color:#990000;"><a href="http://www.hindustantimes.com/ISRO-announces-abrupt-end-of-Chandrayaan-I/H1-Article3-448289.aspx"><span style="color:#009900;">ISRO Announces Abrupt end of mission for Chandrayaan-1</span></a> - Hindustan Times, August 29, 2009.</span></div><br /><div><span style="color:#990000;"><a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/india/Chandrayaan-1-ISRO-loses-contact-claims-mission-over/articleshow/4948492.cms"><span style="color:#009900;">Chandrayaan-1: ISRO Loses Contact and Claims Mission 'Over'</span> </a>- Times of India, August 29, 2009.</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8237002733277179282-1824422237692717047?l=india-chandrayaan.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>S. Prasadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03354173563938087253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237002733277179282.post-31282017153836772922009-08-21T07:13:00.000-07:002009-08-24T06:21:05.776-07:00<a href="http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/380729main_erlanger_miniSAR_med.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 406px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 329px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/380729main_erlanger_miniSAR_med.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story.jsp?id=news/Sats082109.xml&amp;headline=Two%20Satellites%20Search%20For%20Lunar%20Ice&amp;channel=space"><span style="color:#006600;">Unprecedented Lunar Ice Search 'Bi-static Experiment' Completed by NASA and ISRO Satellites</span></a> <span style="color:#990000;">- Aviation Week, August 21, 2009.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/Mini-RF/news/tandem_search.html"><span style="color:#009900;">NASA and ISRO Satellites (LRO and Chandrayaan-1) Perform in Tandem in Search of Water on the Moon</span></a> <span style="color:#cc0000;">- NASA PR, August 20, 2009.</span></div><div><span style="color:#cc0000;"></span> </div><div><span style="color:#cc0000;"></span></div><div><span style="color:#cc0000;"><a href="http://beta.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/article7113.ece"><span style="color:#009900;">ISRO and NASA Team Up to locate Water-Ice on the Moon</span></a> - The Hindu, august 21, 2009.</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8237002733277179282-3128201715383677292?l=india-chandrayaan.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>S. Prasadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03354173563938087253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237002733277179282.post-24469948233127262902009-08-06T07:36:00.001-07:002009-08-21T06:12:40.123-07:00<a href="http://isro.gov.in/Chandrayaan/images/visu_polar.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 403px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://isro.gov.in/Chandrayaan/images/visu_polar.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://isro.gov.in/Chandrayaan/images/Deroy_n.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 395px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 352px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://isro.gov.in/Chandrayaan/images/Deroy_n.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8237002733277179282-2446994823312726290?l=india-chandrayaan.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>S. Prasadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03354173563938087253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237002733277179282.post-64021153864613338612009-08-05T14:06:00.001-07:002009-08-29T07:28:11.323-07:00<a href="http://www.hindu.com/2009/08/06/images/2009080657752201.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 346px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 205px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.hindu.com/2009/08/06/images/2009080657752201.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.nasa.gov/topics/moonmars/features/moon-20090803.html"><span style="color:#009900;">Nasa's Moon Mineralogy Mapper (M3) Instrument Onboard Chandrayaan-1 Beholds Earth from its 200 KM orbit around the Moon</span></a> <span style="color:#990000;">- NASA PR, August 03, 2009.</span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.spacemart.com/reports/Lunar_Mapper_Beholds_Home_999.html"><span style="color:#009900;">Lunar Mapper (M3) Beholds Earth</span></a><span style="color:#990000;"> - Space Daily, August 05, 2009.</span><br /><div></div><br /><div><span style="color:#990000;"><a href="http://www.hindu.com/2009/08/06/stories/2009080657752200.htm"><span style="color:#009900;">Chandrayaan-1: End of the Orbit by 2010?</span></a> - The Hindu, August 06, 2009.</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8237002733277179282-6402115386461333861?l=india-chandrayaan.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>S. Prasadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03354173563938087253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237002733277179282.post-40941294642655217862009-07-17T12:10:00.000-07:002009-08-21T06:19:06.354-07:00<div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="color:#000066;"><strong>Images Taken by Chandrayaan-1 from 200 KM Orbit around the Moon</strong></span> </div><div align="center"> </div><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 374px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 248px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://isro.gov.in/Chandrayaan/images/crater_polar.jpg" border="0" /><br /><br /><div align="center"></div><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 323px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://isro.gov.in/Chandrayaan/images/Drygalski.jpg" border="0" /> <a href="http://www.isro.org/pressrelease/Jul17_2009.htm"><span style="color:#009900;">India's First Moon probe has completed 3,000 revolutions around the Moon and has sent over 70,000 images for scientific analysis</span></a> <span style="color:#990000;">- ISRO, July 17, 2009.</span><br /><p><a href="http://www.moondaily.com/reports/Chandrayaan_1_Completes_3000_Orbits_Around_The_Moon_999.html"><span style="color:#009900;">Chandrayaan-1 Complates 3000 Orbits around the Moon</span></a> <span style="color:#cc0000;">- Space Daily, July 22, 2009.</span></p></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8237002733277179282-4094129464265521786?l=india-chandrayaan.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>S. Prasadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03354173563938087253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237002733277179282.post-46682954356251143232009-07-17T05:39:00.000-07:002009-07-17T05:56:15.210-07:00<a href="http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/000200907170920.htm"><span style="color:#009900;">Chandrayaan sensor fails; craft's life may be reduced</span></a> -<span style="color:#660000;"> The Hindu, July 17, 2009.</span><br /><span style="color:#660000;"></span><br /><a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/NEWS-India-Sensor-failure-not-to-affect-moon-mission-says-ISRO/articleshow/4789369.cms"><span style="color:#009900;">Sensor failure not to affect moon mission, says ISRO</span></a> <span style="color:#660000;">- Times of India, July 17, 2009.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8237002733277179282-4668295435625114323?l=india-chandrayaan.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>S. Prasadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03354173563938087253noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237002733277179282.post-53229864455380751502009-05-20T15:27:00.000-07:002009-05-20T15:30:53.708-07:00<a href="http://www.hindu.com/2009/05/21/stories/2009052155301100.htm"><span style="color:#009900;">ISRO Places Chandrayaan-1 Spacecraft at 200 km Altitude to Study Orbit Perturbations and Gravitational Field Variations</span></a> <span style="color:#990000;">- The Hindu, May 21, 2009.</span><br /><span style="color:#990000;"></span><br /><span style="color:#990000;"><a href="http://www.isro.org/pressrelease/May20_2009.htm"><span style="color:#009900;">The Orbit of Chandrayaan-1 Raised</span></a> - ISRO Press Release, May 21, 2009.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8237002733277179282-5322986445538075150?l=india-chandrayaan.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>S. Prasadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03354173563938087253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237002733277179282.post-30275104348611010772009-04-13T09:06:00.000-07:002009-08-21T06:27:27.380-07:00<a href="http://www.isro.org/satellites/imagesfromchandrayaan/tmc11_L0L1_01654_3_Subsampled-2m.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 373px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 354px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.isro.org/satellites/imagesfromchandrayaan/tmc11_L0L1_01654_3_Subsampled-2m.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://www.isro.org/pslv-c11/photos/imagesfromchandrayaan/tmc11_L0L1_01654_3_Subsampled-1m.jpg"></a><a href="http://www.hindu.com/2009/04/11/stories/2009041156201100.htm"><span style="color:#009900;">Chandrayaan’s first image of Earth in its entirety</span></a> <span style="color:#990000;">- The Hindu, April 11, 2009.</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8237002733277179282-3027510434861101077?l=india-chandrayaan.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>S. Prasadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03354173563938087253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237002733277179282.post-36599017087805643802009-04-03T11:47:00.001-07:002009-04-03T11:55:49.479-07:00<a href="http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/324167main_1stMapCycle_1_med.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 405px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 184px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/324167main_1stMapCycle_1_med.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/Mini-RF/news/mini-sar_first_map_cycle.html"><span style="color:#009900;">Mini-SAR Instrument Nears Completion of First Radar Mapping of Moon</span></a> <span style="color:#990000;">- NASA, April 2, 2009.</span><br /><div><span style="color:#990000;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="color:#990000;"><a href="http://blogs.airspacemag.com/moon/2009/03/29/mini-sar-nears-completion-of-its-first-mapping-cycle/"><span style="color:#009900;">Mini-SAR Radar Imager Completes First Moon Mapping Cycle</span></a> - Air &amp; Space Smithsonian blog, April 2, 2009.</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8237002733277179282-3659901708780564380?l=india-chandrayaan.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>S. Prasadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03354173563938087253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237002733277179282.post-87536845626573673572009-03-18T11:50:00.000-07:002009-03-18T12:22:38.424-07:00<a href="http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2009/pdf/1694.pdf"><span style="color:#009900;">Digital Elevation Models of the Lunar Surface (TMC Initial Results)</span></a> <span style="color:#990000;">- Gopala Krishna, et.al, 40th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC), March 2009.</span><br /><span style="color:#990000;"></span><br /><span style="color:#990000;"><a href="http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2009/pdf/1584.pdf"><span style="color:#009900;">Terrain Mapping Camera and its Initial Results</span></a> - Kiran Kumar, et.al, 40th LPSC, March 2009.</span><br /><span style="color:#990000;"></span><br /><span style="color:#990000;"><a href="http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2009/pdf/1274.pdf"><span style="color:#009900;">Monitoring of the Earth and Moon Radiation Environment using RADOM Instrument: Preliminary Results</span></a> - Ts.P.Dachev, et.al., 40th LPSC, March 2009.</span><br /><span style="color:#990000;"></span><br /><span style="color:#990000;"><a href="http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2009/pdf/1310.pdf"><span style="color:#009900;">Modeling of the Moon Radiation Environment</span></a> - G. De Angelis, et.al., 40th LPSC, 2009.</span><br /><span style="color:#990000;"></span><br /><a href="http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2009/pdf/1098.pdf"><span style="color:#009900;">The Mini-SAR Imaging Radar on Chandrayaan-1</span></a> <span style="color:#990000;">- P.D. Spudis, et.al., 40th LPSC, March 2009.</span><br /><span style="color:#990000;"></span><br /><a href="http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2009/pdf/1505.pdf"><span style="color:#009900;">LUNAR ORIENTALE BASIN: TOPOLOGY AND MORPHOLOGY OF IMPACT MELT REGION<br />FROM CHANDRAYAAN-1-TMC AND HYSI</span></a> <span style="color:#990000;">- Senthil Kumar, et.al., 40th LPSC, March 2009.</span><br /><span style="color:#990000;"></span><br /><a href="http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2009/pdf/1487.pdf"><span style="color:#009900;">LASER RANGING EXPERIMENT ABOARD CHANDRAYAAN-1: INSTRUMENTATION AND<br />PRELIMINARY RESULTS</span> </a><span style="color:#990000;">- J.A. Kamalakar, et.al., 40th LPSC, March 2009.</span><br /><span style="color:#990000;"></span><br /><a href="http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2009/pdf/1840.pdf"><span style="color:#009900;">INITIAL RESULTS FROM THE C1XS X-RAY SPECTROMETER ON CHANDRAYAAN-1</span></a> <span style="color:#990000;">- M. Grande, etl.al, 40th LPSC, March 2009.</span><br /><span style="color:#990000;"></span><br /><a href="http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2009/pdf/2052.pdf"><span style="color:#009900;">MINERALOGY OF THE LUNAR CRUST IN SPATIAL CONTEXT: FIRST RESULTS FROM THE MOON MINERALOGY MAPPER</span></a> <span style="color:#990000;">- C.M.Pieters, et.al., 40th LPSC, March 2009.</span><br /><span style="color:#990000;"></span><br /><a href="http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2009/pdf/2307.pdf"><span style="color:#009900;">THE MOON MINERALOGY MAPPER (M3) IMAGING SPECTROMETER: EARLY ASSESSMENT OF THE SPECTRAL, RADIOMETRIC, SPATIAL AND UNIFORMITY CHARACTERISTICS</span></a> <span style="color:#990000;">- R.O.Green, et.al., 40th LPSC, March 2009.</span><br /><span style="color:#990000;"></span><br /><a href="http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2009/pdf/2136.pdf"><span style="color:#009900;">THERMAL REMOVAL FROM MOON MINERALOGY MAPPER (M3) DATA</span></a> <span style="color:#990000;">- Roger Clark, et.al., 40th LPSC, March 2009.</span><br /><span style="color:#990000;"></span><br /><a href="http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2009/pdf/2157.pdf"><span style="color:#009900;">LUNAR ORIENTALE BASIN: NATURE OF IMPACT MELT AND VOLCANIC FLOODING FROM CHANDRAYAAN-1 (M3, TMC, HySI)</span></a> <span style="color:#990000;">- C. Pieters, et.al., 40th LPSC, March 2009.</span><br /><span style="color:#990000;"></span><br /><a href="http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2009/pdf/1589.pdf"><span style="color:#009900;">THE HYPER SPECTRAL IMAGER INSTRUMENT ON CHANDRAYAAN-1</span></a> <span style="color:#990000;">- A.S. Kiran Kumar, et.al., 40th LPSC, March 2009.</span><br /><span style="color:#990000;"></span><br /><a href="http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2009/pdf/2572.pdf"><span style="color:#009900;">HIGH-ENERGY X-RAY SPECTROMETER (HEX) ON CHANDRAYAAN-1: STUDIES OF VOLATILE TRANSPORT ON MOON AND MAPPING OF U, Th-RICH TERRAIN</span></a> <span style="color:#990000;">- P. Sreekumar, 40th LPSC, March 2009.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8237002733277179282-8753684562657367357?l=india-chandrayaan.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>S. Prasadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03354173563938087253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237002733277179282.post-70070262483042547762009-01-23T11:07:00.001-08:002009-08-21T06:31:10.862-07:00<a href="http://www.isro.org/satellites/imagesfromchandrayaan/ph04.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 334px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 223px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.isro.org/satellites/imagesfromchandrayaan/ph04.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://www.isro.org/pslv-c11/images/C1XS.jpg"></a><br /><a href="http://www.astronomynow.com/090123C1XStakesfirsttasteoflunarX-rays.html"><span style="color:#009900;">C1XS Takes First Taste of Lunar X-Rays</span></a> <span style="color:#990000;">- SpaceFlightNow.com, 23 January 2009.</span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.isro.org/pressrelease/Jan23_2009.htm"><span style="color:#009900;">C1XS Instrument Onboard Chandrayaan-1 Catches First Glimpse of X-rays from the Moon</span> </a>- <span style="color:#990000;">ISRO PR, 23 January, 2009.</span><br /><span style="color:#990000;"></span><br /><span style="color:#990000;"><a href="http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/000200901232028.htm"><span style="color:#009900;">Chandrayaan-1 Camera C1XS detects X-ray Signals from a region near the Apollo Landing Sites</span></a> - The Hindu, 23 January 2009.</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8237002733277179282-7007026248304254776?l=india-chandrayaan.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>S. Prasadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03354173563938087253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237002733277179282.post-31843691683427657152009-01-14T14:10:00.001-08:002009-08-21T06:38:18.589-07:00<a href="http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/Mini-RF/news/2009-01-16_radar_first_look.html"><span style="color:#009900;">Mini-SAR Radar Instrument from NASA aboard Chandrayaan-1 Reveals Never Seen Before strip of Lunar South Polar Crater</span></a><span style="color:#009900;"> </span><span style="color:#990000;">- NASA PR, January 2009.</span> <div><br /></div><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 363px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 321px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/301588main_2009_0108_south_polar_med.jpg" border="0" /><br /><a href="http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/news/2481/first-images-moons-hidden-craters"><span style="color:#009900;">First Images of Moon's Hidden craters Taken by Chandrayaan-1 Spacecraft</span></a> <span style="color:#990000;">- Cosmos Magazine, 19 January 2009.<br /></span><br /><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 383px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.isro.org/satellites/imagesfromchandrayaan/3dmoon2.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div><a href="http://www.isro.org/pslv-c11/photos/imagesfromchandrayaan/moon3d_anno.jpg"></a><a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Chandrayaan_beams_back_40000_images_in_75_days/articleshow/3979496.cms"><span style="color:#009900;">Chandrayaan-1 Instruments have beamed back over 45,000 Images in 75 Days</span></a> <span style="color:#990000;">- Times of India, 15 January 2009.</span><br /><span style="color:#990000;"></span><br /><span style="color:#990000;"><a href="http://www.moondaily.com/reports/Chandrayan_Provides_Pictures_Of_Lunar_Surface_999.html"><span style="color:#009900;">Chandrayaan-1 Provides Pictures of Lunar Surface</span></a> - Space Daily, 13 January 2009.</span></div><div><span style="color:#990000;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="color:#990000;"><a href="http://m3.cofc.edu/multimedia/Chandra_book.pdf"><span style="color:#009900;">Chandrayaan-1 Mission &amp; Instruments Booklet</span></a> - ISRO, October 2008.</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8237002733277179282-3184369168342765715?l=india-chandrayaan.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>S. Prasadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03354173563938087253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237002733277179282.post-36131976055563290422008-12-24T14:15:00.000-08:002008-12-24T14:21:51.562-08:00<a href="http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2008/dec/HQ_08-322_Top_Stories_2008.html"><span style="color:#009900;">Chandrayaan-1 Mission with two NASA Instruments Listed as one of "NASA's Top Science, Exploration and Discovery Stories of 2008 "</span></a> <span style="color:#990000;">- NASA Press Release, 15 December, 2008.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8237002733277179282-3613197605556329042?l=india-chandrayaan.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>S. Prasadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03354173563938087253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237002733277179282.post-90628250573983561062008-12-24T13:56:00.000-08:002008-12-24T14:09:42.737-08:00<a href="http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/264949main_mini_rf_patch.gif"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 184px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 170px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/264949main_mini_rf_patch.gif" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.moondaily.com/reports/Raytheon_Chandrayaan_1_Sensor_Successfully_Activated_999.html"><span style="color:#009900;">NASA's Mini-RF Instrument Onboard Chandrayaan-1 Activated and Beigns its Quest to detect Water on the Moon's Polar Regions</span></a><span style="color:#990000;"> - Space Daily, 23 December 2008</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8237002733277179282-9062825057398356106?l=india-chandrayaan.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>S. Prasadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03354173563938087253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237002733277179282.post-5064119168103299612008-12-21T20:18:00.000-08:002008-12-29T22:25:48.866-08:00<a href="http://m3science.geo.brown.edu/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/fig2a1.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 209px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 261px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://m3science.geo.brown.edu/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/fig2a1.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://m3science.geo.brown.edu/"><span style="color:#009900;">NASA Releases First Images and Data from M3 Instrument Onboard Chandrayaan-1</span></a> <span style="color:#990000;">- M3 Science blog, Brown University, December 2008.</span><br /><br /><span style="color:#990000;"><a href="http://www.moondaily.com/reports/NASA_Instrument_On_Chandrayaan_Finds_Minerals_On_Moon_999.html"><span style="color:#009900;">M3 Instrument Onboard Chandrayan-1 Finds Iron-bearing Minerals on the Moon</span></a> - Space Daily, 29 December 2008.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8237002733277179282-506411916810329961?l=india-chandrayaan.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>S. Prasadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03354173563938087253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237002733277179282.post-49679277069910622032008-12-02T17:21:00.000-08:002008-12-19T15:25:37.725-08:00<div align="center"><a href="http://www.frontlineonnet.com/fl2525/images/20081219252504004.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 371px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 159px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.frontlineonnet.com/fl2525/images/20081219252504004.jpg" border="0" /></a> <strong><span style="font-size:78%;color:#000099;">Schematic and viewing mechanism of the Terrain Mapping Camera.</span></strong> </div><br /><a href="http://www.frontlineonnet.com/stories/20081219252504000.htm"><span style="color:#006600;">Development of Cutting-edge Technology that Enabled Chandrayaan-1 Mission</span></a> <span style="color:#990000;">- Frontline Magazine, 06 December 2008.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8237002733277179282-4967927706991062203?l=india-chandrayaan.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>S. Prasadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03354173563938087253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237002733277179282.post-2766323121592374252008-11-30T18:03:00.000-08:002008-11-30T18:52:54.184-08:00<em><span style="color:#000099;">The Moon Impact Probe (MIP) which was released from Chandrayaan-1 on 14 November 2008 from the final orbit of the spacecraft at 100 km altitude has taken 3,000 images using the stereoscopic camera onboard during its 25 minutes travel to the Moon's surface.</span></em><br /><em><span style="color:#000099;"></span></em><br /><em><span style="color:#000099;"><a href="http://www.moondaily.com/reports/MIP_Provided_Very_Good_Images_999.html"><span style="color:#009900;">MIP Provided Very Good Images</span></a> </span><span style="color:#990000;">- Space Daily, 01 December 2008.</span></em><br /><em><span style="color:#000099;"></span></em><br /><em><span style="color:#000099;"><a href="http://www.astronomynow.com/081125Chandrayaan1Moonprobeabighit.html"><span style="color:#009900;">Chandrayaan-1 moon Probe a Big Hit</span></a> </span><span style="color:#990000;">- SpaceflightNow, 25 November 2008.</span></em><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8237002733277179282-276632312159237425?l=india-chandrayaan.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>S. Prasadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03354173563938087253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237002733277179282.post-47998390438005330642008-11-26T22:41:00.000-08:002008-11-26T22:53:57.311-08:00<div align="center"><a href="http://www.isro.org/Chandrayaan/images/Radom4NOv.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 358px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 318px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.isro.org/Chandrayaan/images/Radom4NOv.jpg" border="0" /></a> <span style="color:#000099;"><strong>Earth and Moon Radiation Environment</strong></span><span style="color:#000099;"><br /></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8237002733277179282-4799839043800533064?l=india-chandrayaan.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>S. Prasadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03354173563938087253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237002733277179282.post-28870540010286372792008-11-24T19:30:00.000-08:002008-12-20T15:41:58.303-08:00<a href="http://www.frontlineonnet.com/fl2524/images/20081205252403602.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 386px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 364px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.frontlineonnet.com/fl2524/images/20081205252403602.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7791816.stm"><span style="color:#009900;">ISRO Solves Heat Rise Problem and all 11 Instruments are Working Well</span></a><span style="color:#009900;"> </span><span style="color:#990000;">- BBC News, 19 December 2008.</span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.moondaily.com/reports/Chandrayaan_Working_Normally_999.html"><span style="color:#009900;">Chandrayaan-1 Operations are Normal despite Heat Rise: ISRO</span></a> -<span style="color:#990000;"> Space Daily, 26 November 2008.</span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.hindu.com/2008/11/26/stories/2008112657811300.htm"><span style="color:#009900;">Chandrayaan-1 Science Data Being Analyzed, as Nine out of Eleven Instruments have been Activated</span></a> <span style="color:#cc0000;">- The Hindu, 26 November 2008.</span><br /><br /><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7748611.stm"><span style="color:#009900;">Indian Moon Probe hit by Heat Rise, as spacecraft temperature reaches 50C prompting urgent measures by ISRO</span> </a><span style="color:#cc0000;">- BBC Online, 25 November 2008.</span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.moondaily.com/reports/Chandrayaan_1_Starts_Observations_Of_The_Moon_999.html"><span style="color:#009900;">ISRO Commissions Chandrayaan-1 Scientific Instruments for Moon Observation</span></a> <span style="color:#990000;">- Space Daily, 25 November 2008.</span><br /><br /><div><div></div><a href="http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMMVL5DHNF_index_0.html"><span style="color:#009900;">Chandrayaan-1 Starts Observations of the Moon</span></a> <span style="color:#990000;">- European Space Agency (ESA) News, 24 November 2008.</span><br /><br /><div><span style="color:#990000;"><a href="http://www.frontlineonnet.com/fl2524/stories/20081205252404100.htm"><span style="color:#009900;">Indian Space Science Data Center (ISSDC) to Track, Archive and Disseminate Science Data from Chandrayaan-1 and Future Space Exploration Missions</span></a> - Frontline Magazine, 22 November 2008.</span></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8237002733277179282-2887054001028637279?l=india-chandrayaan.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>S. Prasadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03354173563938087253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237002733277179282.post-69305470190778223682008-11-19T15:07:00.000-08:002009-08-21T06:40:47.848-07:00<a href="http://www.ias.ac.in/jess/dec2005/ilc-14.pdf"><span style="color:#009900;">Chandrayaan-1: Scientific Goals and Mission Objectives</span></a> <span style="color:#cc0000;">- N. Bhandari, Journal of Earth Systems Science, December 2005.</span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.iisc.ernet.in/currsci/jun102004/1489.pdf"><span style="color:#009900;">Scientific Challenges of CHANDRAYAAN-1: The Indian lunar polar orbiter mission</span> </a>- <span style="color:#cc0000;">N. Bhandari, Current Science, Vol. 86, June 2004.</span><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;"></span><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;"><a href="http://moonmineralogymapper.jpl.nasa.gov/OVERVIEW/"><span style="color:#009900;">Moon Mineralogy Mapper: Instrument &amp; Science</span></a> - JPL, NASA.</span><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;"></span><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;"><a href="http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lcross2006/pdf/9013.pdf"><span style="color:#009900;">Mini-SAR: An Imaging Radar for Chandrayaan-1 and LRO Missions</span> </a>- Ben Bussey, et.al., Workshop on LCROSS, NASA, 2006.</span><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;"></span><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;"><a href="http://www.cosis.net/abstracts/EPSC2008/00528/EPSC2008-A-00528-1.pdf"><span style="color:#009900;">The C1XS X-Ray Spectrometer on Chandrayaan-1</span></a> - Manuel Grande, et.al., European Planetary Science Congress (EPSC Abstracts), 2008.</span><br /><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;"></span><br /><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 278px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 350px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.hindu.com/seta/2008/11/20/images/2008112050041701.jpg" border="0" /> <span style="color:#cc0000;"><a href="http://www.thehindu.com/seta/2008/11/20/stories/chandrayaan1.pdf"><span style="color:#009900;">HySI, the Hyper Spectral Imager to Map the Lunar Surface in 64 Spectral Bands for the first time to Access the minerology of the Moon</span></a> - The Hindu, 20 November 2008.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8237002733277179282-6930547019077822368?l=india-chandrayaan.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>S. Prasadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03354173563938087253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237002733277179282.post-85726154333601359372008-11-16T15:26:00.000-08:002009-08-21T07:07:34.945-07:00<div align="center"><span style="color:#000099;"><em><strong>I</strong>ndia's first Moon Craft, Chandrayaan-1 successfully dispatched the Moon Impact Probe (MIP), painted on its four sides with the Indian national flag, on November 14, 2008 and it landed on the lunar surface after descending for 25 minutes. The spacecraft orbiting the Moon in a circular polar orbit of 100 km altitude has also truned on three instruments, namely, Terrain Mapping Camera (TMC), Radiation Dose Monitor (RADOM) and the Lunar Laser Ranging Instrument (LLRI) for scientific data collection.</em></span><br /></div><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 425px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 359px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.esa.int/images/tmc-eq-region_H.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;color:#990000;"><strong>Lunar Equitorial Region picture taken by Terrain Mapping Camera (TMC) aboard Chandrayaan-1</strong></span></div><br /><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 368px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 415px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.esa.int/images/tmc-polar-region_H.jpg" border="0" /> <div align="center"></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:85%;color:#990000;"></span></strong></div><p align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;color:#990000;"><strong>Lunar Polar picture taken by Terrain Mapping Camera (TMC) aboard Chandrayaan-1</strong><br /></span><br /></p><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:85%;color:#990000;"></span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:85%;color:#990000;"></span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></strong></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#990000;"><a href="http://www.hindu.com/2008/11/16/stories/2008111656310800.htm"><span style="color:#009900;">Chandrayaan-1 Marks the Beginning of long haul in ISRO's space exploration</span></a> - The Hindu, 16 November 2008.</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8237002733277179282-8572615433360135937?l=india-chandrayaan.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>S. Prasadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03354173563938087253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237002733277179282.post-73497444072447838012008-11-14T14:30:00.000-08:002009-08-21T06:44:53.416-07:00<a href="http://www.hindu.com/2008/11/15/images/2008111558410101.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 350px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 224px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.hindu.com/2008/11/15/images/2008111558410101.jpg" border="0" /></a> <img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 346px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 281px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.hindu.com/2008/11/15/images/2008111560841201.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#660000;"><strong> Pictures Taken by Moon Impact Probe (MIP) As It Descended Towards the Surface of Moon</strong></span></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#660000;"></span></strong> </div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#660000;"></span></strong></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#660000;"><a href="http://www.hindu.com/2008/11/15/stories/2008111558410100.htm"><span style="color:#006600;">India Leaves its Footprint on Moon</span> </a>- The Hindu, 15 November 2008.</span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#660000;"></span> </div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#660000;"><a href="http://www.hindu.com/2008/11/15/stories/2008111560841200.htm"><span style="color:#009900;">Indigenous Efforts Take India to the Moon</span></a> - The Hindu, 15 November 2008.</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8237002733277179282-7349744407244783801?l=india-chandrayaan.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>S. Prasadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03354173563938087253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237002733277179282.post-89525971715110639322008-11-14T09:00:00.000-08:002008-11-17T09:10:19.393-08:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1bKZdO8xK7c/SR26G1zWuOI/AAAAAAAAAaU/0JvhWBE2YW0/s1600-h/MIP_landing.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268571765777807586" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 248px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 205px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1bKZdO8xK7c/SR26G1zWuOI/AAAAAAAAAaU/0JvhWBE2YW0/s320/MIP_landing.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/Print.aspx?Id=db5def0b-abed-40c1-abb1-f856eb6bc2b7Indiasmoonmission_Special"><span style="color:#006600;">Moon Impact Probe (MIP), one of the 11 Science Instruments Onboard Chandrayaan-1 Detached from Mother Satellite and Landed on the Moon</span> </a><span style="color:#990000;">- Hindustan Times, 14 November 2008.</span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.isro.org/pressrelease/Nov14_2008.htm"><span style="color:#009900;">Indian Tricolor Placed on Moon's Surface on Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru's Birthday</span></a> <span style="color:#990000;">- ISRO, 14 November 2008. <img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 229px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/000200811142299.jpg" border="0" /></span><span style="color:#990000;"><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7730157.stm"><span style="color:#009900;">Indian Moon Probe touches down on Lunar Surface</span></a> - BBC Online, 14 November 2008.</span><br /><span style="color:#990000;"></span><br /><span style="color:#990000;"><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/space/11/14/india.moon.probe/index.html#cnnSTCVideo"><span style="color:#009900;">Indian Probe Crash-lands Successfully on Moon</span> </a>- CNN Online, 14 November 2008.</span><br /><span style="color:#990000;"></span><br /><span style="color:#990000;"><a href="http://www.moondaily.com/reports/Indian_Tricolour_Reaches_Lunar_Surface_999.html"><span style="color:#009900;">Indian Tricolor Reaches Lunar Surface</span></a> - Space Daily, 14 November 2008.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8237002733277179282-8952597171511063932?l=india-chandrayaan.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>S. Prasadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03354173563938087253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237002733277179282.post-20035591115430054352008-11-05T11:00:00.000-08:002009-08-21T06:49:01.751-07:00<a href="http://www.esa.int/export/images/Moon_Enh_L.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.esa.int/export/images/Moon_Enh_L.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><div><div></div><div></div><div><a href="http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n0811/07chandrayaan/"><span style="color:#009900;">First Indian Mooncraft enters Lunar Orbit</span></a> - <span style="color:#cc0000;">SpaceFlightNow, 8 November 2008.</span><br /><br /><a href="http://pay.hindu.com/ebook%20-%20ebfl20081121part1.pdf"><span style="color:#009900;">A Historic Voyage: India's First Mission for Lunar Exploration</span></a> - <span style="color:#cc0000;">Frontline Magazine, 5 November 2008.</span><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;"></span><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;"><a href="http://www.hindu.com/seta/2008/11/06/stories/2008110650031400.htm"><span style="color:#006600;">How Chandrayaan-1 will help compile 3-D Atlas of the Moon</span></a> - The Hindu, 6 November 2008.</span><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;"></span><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;"><a href="http://www.esa.int/esa-mmg/mmg.pl?b=b&amp;mission=Chandrayaan-1&amp;start=1"><span style="color:#009900;">Chandrayaan-1 Gallery</span></a> - European Space Agency (ESA) Space Science Multimedia </span><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;"></span><br /><a href="http://www.isro.org/chandrayaan/htmls/home.htm"><span style="color:#009900;">CHANDRAYAAN-1: India's First Mission to Moon</span></a> <span style="color:#cc0000;">- ISRO website</span></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8237002733277179282-2003559111543005435?l=india-chandrayaan.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>S. Prasadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03354173563938087253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237002733277179282.post-75926133126922554102008-10-31T17:54:00.000-07:002009-08-21T06:51:48.319-07:00<a href="http://www.esa.int/images/Chandrayaan-1_Earth_2_ISRO_no_text_L.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.esa.int/images/Chandrayaan-1_Earth_2_ISRO_no_text_L.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://www.isro.org/pslv-c11/photos/chandrayaan/image2.jpg"></a><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7707099.stm"><span style="color:#009900;">India's Moon Probe Pictures Earth</span></a> - <span style="color:#cc0000;">BBC, 3 November 2008.<br /></span><div> </div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8237002733277179282-7592613312692255410?l=india-chandrayaan.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>S. Prasadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03354173563938087253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237002733277179282.post-79323357956514366682008-10-24T11:33:00.000-07:002008-11-12T09:47:16.746-08:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1bKZdO8xK7c/SRd66uWQYqI/AAAAAAAAAaE/w0k3yFdUzKo/s1600-h/cyaan_orbits.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266813438525465250" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 348px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 218px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1bKZdO8xK7c/SRd66uWQYqI/AAAAAAAAAaE/w0k3yFdUzKo/s320/cyaan_orbits.gif" border="0" /></a><br /><div><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">Lunar Orbit:</span></strong> </div><div><a href="http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/000200811122158.htm"><span style="color:#006600;">Chandrayaan-1 successfully placed in its operational lunar polar orbit at an altitide of 100 km</span></a> <span style="color:#cc0000;">- The Hindu, 12 November 2008.</span> </div><div><br /> </div><div></div><div></div><div><a href="http://www.hindu.com/2008/11/12/stories/2008111261331200.htm"><span style="color:#009900;">Chandrayaan-1 Lunar Orbit further reduced to 255 km (aposelene) and 101 km (periselene) -</span> </a><span style="color:#cc0000;">The Hindu, 11 November 2008.</span></div><div><br /><a href="http://www.moondaily.com/reports/First_Lunar_Orbit_Reduction_Manoeuvre_Of_Chandrayaan_1_999.html"><span style="color:#009900;">First Lunar Orbit Reduction of Chandrayaan-1 Performed Successfully and placed at 200 km (periselene) and 7,502 km (aposelene)</span></a> - <span style="color:#cc0000;">Space Daily, 11 November 2008.</span></div><div></div><div></div><div><span style="color:#cc0000;"></span></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><a href="http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/000200811082076.htm"><span style="color:#009900;"><br />Chandrayaan-1 Successfully placed in the Lunar Orbit, with 504 km (periselene) and 7502 (aposelene)</span></a> - <span style="color:#990000;">The Hindu, 8 November 2008</span>.<br /><br /><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>Transfer Orbit:</strong></span><br /><a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/msid-3671299,prtpage-1.cms"><span style="color:#009900;">Chandrayaan-1 Enters Lunar Space by fifth LAM firing with 1,000 km perigee (from Moon) and 380,000 km (from Earth)</span></a> - <span style="color:#990000;">Times of India, 3 November 2008</span>.<br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">Earth Orbit:</span></strong><br /><a href="http://www.hindu.com/2008/10/30/stories/2008103055891200.htm"><span style="color:#009900;">Fourth Orbital Raise of Chandrayann-1 places it at 267,000 km (apogee) and 465 km (perigee) in its Lunar Voyage</span></a> - <span style="color:#cc0000;">The Hindu, 28 October 2008</span>.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.hindu.com/2008/10/27/stories/2008102757820100.htm"><span style="color:#009900;">Chandrayaan-1 is almost halfway to the Moon with an Orbit of 164,000 km (apogee) and 348 km (perigee)</span></a> - <span style="color:#cc0000;">The Hindu, 26 October 2008</span>.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.hindu.com/2008/10/26/stories/2008102655121000.htm"><span style="color:#33cc00;">Chandrayaan's Orbit Raised to 74,175 km (apogee) and 336 km (perigee) and thus becomes the first Indian spacecraft to go beyond the Geosynchronous orbit</span></a> - <span style="color:#cc0000;">The Hindu, 25 October 2008</span>.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.moondaily.com/reports/Chandrayaan_Orbit_Raised_999.html"><span style="color:#009900;">Chandrayaan's Orbit Raised to 37,900 km (apogee) and 300 km (perigee) by the spacecraft's onboard LAM</span></a> - <span style="color:#cc0000;">Space Daily, 23 October 2008.</span><br /><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;"><strong>Launch and Initial Orbit:</strong></span></div><div><a href="http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n0810/21chandrayaan1/"><span style="color:#009900;">India's First Lunar voyage, Chandrayaan-1, successfully launched by PSLV-C11 and placed at 22,860 km (apogee) and 255 km (perigee) Orbit</span></a> - <span style="color:#cc0000;">SpaceFlightNow, 22 October 2008</span>.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8237002733277179282-7932335795651436668?l=india-chandrayaan.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>S. Prasadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03354173563938087253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237002733277179282.post-61079685153328383792008-10-22T17:27:00.000-07:002008-10-23T09:30:59.013-07:00<div align="center"><a href="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/45134000/jpg/_45134793_launch3226ap.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 226px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/45134000/jpg/_45134793_launch3226ap.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7681701.stm"><span style="color:#009900;">India Sets its Sight on the moon</span> </a>- <span style="color:#cc0000;">BBC Online</span> <span style="color:#cc0000;">Video<br /></span><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;"><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7685702.stm"><span style="color:#009900;">Indian Media Hails Successfull Launch of the Moon Mission</span></a> - BBC </span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8237002733277179282-6107968515332838379?l=india-chandrayaan.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>S. Prasadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03354173563938087253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237002733277179282.post-43594789358904760612008-10-21T23:55:00.000-07:002008-10-22T09:51:39.396-07:00<ul><li><font size="3"><a style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" href="http://www.isro.gov.in/Chandrayaan/htmls/faqs.htm">Chandrayaan - 1 - FAQs</a><font face="trebuchet ms"> (or) visit http://www.isro.gov.in/Chandrayaan/htmls/faqs.htm<br /><br /></font></font></li><li><font size="3"><a style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" href="http://www.ias.ac.in/currsci/oct252004/1061.pdf">The Case for India's First Robotic Mission to the Moon</a><font face="trebuchet ms"> (or) visit http://www.ias.ac.in/currsci/oct252004/1061.pdf</font></font></li></ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8237002733277179282-4359478935890476061?l=india-chandrayaan.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Priya Narasimhamnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237002733277179282.post-16402120959194285182008-10-21T18:43:00.000-07:002008-10-21T18:48:19.490-07:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1bKZdO8xK7c/SP6GIgx_8oI/AAAAAAAAAYk/JUw1Ehbdh0I/s1600-h/ChandrayaanLaunchNYT.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259788895612039810" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1bKZdO8xK7c/SP6GIgx_8oI/AAAAAAAAAYk/JUw1Ehbdh0I/s320/ChandrayaanLaunchNYT.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8237002733277179282-1640212095919428518?l=india-chandrayaan.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>S. Prasadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03354173563938087253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237002733277179282.post-6782231565591816332008-10-21T18:40:00.000-07:002009-08-31T19:29:31.330-07:00<div align="center"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_1bKZdO8xK7c/SP6E8tqcfrI/AAAAAAAAAYc/d0ilQcswg-o/s1600-h/LaunchTracking.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259787593399959218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_1bKZdO8xK7c/SP6E8tqcfrI/AAAAAAAAAYc/d0ilQcswg-o/s320/LaunchTracking.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="color:#000099;"><em> Dr G Madhavan Nair, Chairman, ISRO displays the model of Chandrayaan-1 at the Press Meet after the launch of PSLV- C11 / Chandrayaan-1 on October 22, 2008</em></span></div><br /><div align="center"><em><span style="color:#000099;"></span></em></div><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 410px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 264px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.isro.org/newsletters/contents/spaceindia/oct2008dec2008/images/Pressmeet.jpg" border="0" /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8237002733277179282-678223156559181633?l=india-chandrayaan.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>S. Prasadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03354173563938087253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237002733277179282.post-77500113444337258102008-10-20T17:21:00.000-07:002008-10-20T17:24:44.870-07:00<a href="http://a1862.g.akamai.net/7/1862/14448/v1/esa.download.akamai.com/13452/podcast/Chandrayaan_POD_10-10-08.mp4">http://a1862.g.akamai.net/7/1862/14448/v1/esa.download.akamai.com/13452/podcast/Chandrayaan_POD_10-10-08.mp4</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8237002733277179282-7750011344433725810?l=india-chandrayaan.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>S. Prasadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03354173563938087253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237002733277179282.post-54043773500855481002008-10-20T16:15:00.000-07:002009-08-21T06:57:33.593-07:00<a href="http://media.airspacemag.com/images/Chandra-main.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 388px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 247px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://media.airspacemag.com/images/Chandra-main.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://www.airspacemag.com/space-exploration/India_Aims_for_the_Moon.html"><span style="color:#009900;">India Aims for the Moon</span></a><span style="color:#990000;"> - Air &amp; Space Magazine, October 21, 2008.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8237002733277179282-5404377350085548100?l=india-chandrayaan.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>S. Prasadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03354173563938087253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237002733277179282.post-3813227462904274422008-10-18T07:04:00.000-07:002008-10-18T11:17:20.113-07:00<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >How Chandrayaan-1 will reach lunar orbit</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dXxgdKirKqc/SPnty3moJ7I/AAAAAAAAAAU/BwA_9ukycsY/s1600-h/Path+to+the+moon.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dXxgdKirKqc/SPnty3moJ7I/AAAAAAAAAAU/BwA_9ukycsY/s400/Path+to+the+moon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5258495498106972082" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" ><br /></span><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" >After launch, Chandrayaan-1 will go around the earth twice before being fired towards the moon. The entire journey of 386,000 km will take 5.5 days.</span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" ><br /><br /><br /></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8237002733277179282-381322746290427442?l=india-chandrayaan.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Priya Narasimhamnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237002733277179282.post-61726394064801169912008-10-17T22:07:00.000-07:002009-08-21T06:56:12.193-07:00<div align="center"><a href="http://www.antrix.gov.in/images/chandrayaan-05.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 392px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 274px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.antrix.gov.in/images/chandrayaan-05.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="color:#cc0000;"><strong> The fully integrated Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft<br /></strong></span><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;"><strong></strong></span><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8237002733277179282-6172639406480116991?l=india-chandrayaan.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>S. Prasadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03354173563938087253noreply@blogger.com0