Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Chandrayaan , Moon mission by Indian Space Research Organization - ISRO

Visit http://www.chandrayaan-i.com to findout more about Chandrayaan

Mission.Chandrayaan-1 In Chandrayaan-1, the lunar craft would be launched using Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) weighing 1304 kg at launch and 590 kg at lunar orbit. Lunar craft would orbit around moon 100 km from moon surface. More ...

Chandrayaan-2 In Chandrayaan-2, ISRO will send moon rover on moon surface.The rover would move on wheels on the lunar surface, pick up samples of soil or rocks, do a chemical analysis and send the data to the spacecraft orbiting above. More ...

ISRO's official site - http://www.isro.org/Chandrayaan/htmls/home.htm