Final preparations are on for the launch campaign of India's maiden moon mission Chandrayaan-1 at the Satish Dhawan Space Center for blastoff on Wednesday, October 22nd. The schedule now calls for India's first inter-planateory exploration to be mated to launch vehicle today with rollout to launch pad on Saturday October 18.The Chandrayaan-1 mission will focus on the exploration of the South Pole of the moon and a 3-D mapping of the entire moonscape. The moon impact probe will hit the rim of the Shackleton crater of the moon at the South Pole by mid-November if everything goes well. The rim of the Shackleton crater is a location identified by the U.S. space agency NASA to establish a possible lunar outpost by 2020. More from The Hindu in India and related videos 1, 2, and 3.
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all the very best to these scientists and technichians that have made us proud
all the very best to these scientists and technichians that have made us proud
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