India's Chandrayaan-I Success!!!

Yes, India's historical chandrayaan-1 has been success, as per Mr. Nair ( Chief of ISRO) chadrayaan-I is not flap, because it had achieved almost all the scientific and technical objectivies, "From the launch (ON October 22,2008), to reaching the precise orbit (100 km around the moon about about 3,84,000 km from the earth), landing the MIP (Moon Impact Probe), to gathering data, we have crossed all the milestones".

It was 2 am on Satruday (29th August 2009), Isro chairman Gopalan Madavan Nair was woken up by his his colleagues with a devastating piece of news: India's first mooncraft, Chandrayaan-I. was
lost. The spacecraft's radio contact with the mission command at Deep Space Network at Byalalu, 40 km from the city, scannped at 1.30 am, and efforts to restore it remained futile. Mr. Nair's colleagures plan to make another attempt ot re-establish the communication link on Saturday night. A sense of despair, however, has already set in among space scientists because they are convinced that Chandrayaan-I has met with an early end.

Journey of Chandrayaan-1

• Launched on October 22, 2008
• Its reached precise orbit 100 km around moon.
• 3,84,000 km from the earth
• It was sent 70,000 images of the moon surface.
• Finally, it was abandoned after radio contact with the mooncraft was lost at 1.3, am on Saturday.
• The Deep Space Network at Byalalu received data Chandrayaan-I, which had 11 instruments on board, including six from overseas.
• Significantly, on Aug.21, ISRO and NASA performed a unique joint experiment that could throw light on possibility of ice on the moon.
• The End came just four months after the mooncraft's star sensor for determining orientation of the spacecraft started malfunctioning.