India's own probe also found water on moon: ISROSeptember 25th, 2009 BANGALORE - India's own Moon Impact Probe (MIP) on board the country's maiden lunar craft had discovered water on the moon, a finding confirmed by US space agency NASA's probe that was also aboard Chandrayaan-1, India's top space scientist G. Madhavan Nair said here Friday.
Chandrayaan-I a 110 percent success, asserts ISRO chiefSeptember 25th, 2009 BANGALORE - By finding water on the lunar surface, India's maiden lunar mission Chandrayaan-1 has completed "110 percent of the objectives", Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chairman G. Madhavan Nair said here Friday.
NASA thanks ISRO for discovering water on moonSeptember 25th, 2009 NEW DELHI - America's National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) thanked the efforts of the Indian Space Research organisation (ISRO) which traced water molecules on the moon's surface. ISRO on Thursday announced that its maiden lunar mission Chandrayaan-I had traced water molecules on the moon's surface.
Indian scientists knew about lunar water presence in JuneSeptember 25th, 2009 BANGALORE - India's first lunar mission, Chandrayaan-I, had made a "path-breaking and real discovery" by establishing the presence of water on the moon in June itself, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said Friday. India's own Moon Impact Probe (MIP) on board the country's maiden lunar craft had discovered water on the moon in June, a finding confirmed by US space agency NASA's probe that was also on board Chandrayaan-1, India's top space scientist G.
Our baby found water on moon: ISRO scientistSeptember 24th, 2009 BANGALORE - The "baby" had done its job by finding water on the moon, India's ace space scientist and project director of the country's maiden lunar mission M. Annadurai said here Thursday.
Chandrayaan-1 was a fantastic success: European scientistSeptember 13th, 2009 BANGALORE - Indian media should stop criticising the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) for abruptly terminating Chandrayaan-1 and instead applaud the success of its moon mission, a European space scientist has said. Although its life was cut short, ISRO's Chandrayaan-1 was a "fantastic success", Detlef Koschny, European Chandrayaan-1 project scientist, said in an e-mail interview.
ISRO admits miscalculation of moon temperature led to Chandrayaan's early terminationSeptember 7th, 2009 BANGALORE - A senior official at the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has candidly admitted that scientists miscalculated the temperature of the moon and that this had led to the early termination of the Chandrayaan-I mission last month. Dr T K Alex, director, ISRO Satellite Centre, Bangalore, said: "We assumed that the temperature at 100km above the Moon's surface would be around 75 degrees Celsius.
ISRO formally calls off India's first moon missionAugust 31st, 2009 PANAJI - Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has formally called off Chandrayaan-1, India's first moon mission, after it lost contact with the craft. ink with the Chandrayaan-1 craft broke down early on Saturday.
ISRO to launch Mars mission by 2013August 31st, 2009 NEW DELHI -Indian Space research Organisation (ISRO) chairman G. Madavan Nair said on Monday that India would launch a mission to Mars by 2013.
India loses radio contact with Chandrayaan-I; mission failsAugust 29th, 2009 BANGALORE -India's ambitious moon mission -- Chandrayaan-I -- has probably ended after losing radio contact since Saturday noon, said its project director M. Annadurai, but Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chairman G.
India's first moon mission Chandrayaan-I "definitely over", says project director(Lead: Chandrayaan-I)August 29th, 2009 BANGALORE - India's ambitious moon mission -- Chandrayaan-I -- came to an abrupt end on Saturday after losing radio with the spacecraft. "The mission is definitely over.
Chandrayaan sends photos of total lunar eclipseJuly 28th, 2009 BANGALORE - India's first lunar mission Chandrayaan-1 has captured the shadow of the moon on the earth's surface during the July 22 total solar eclipse, an Indian space agency official said Tuesday. The images were captured by the special terrain mapping camera (TMC) on board the spacecraft.
ISRO chief satisfied with lunar data compiled by ChandrayaanJuly 12th, 2009 BANGALORE - G Madhavan Nair, Chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), on Sunday expressed satisfaction with the successful collection of data about the moon by Chandrayaan, country's maiden lunar mission. Madhavan Nair stated this while addressing the 9th convocation of International Institute of Information and Technology at Bangalore on Sunday.
Chandrayaan-II to be launched by 2013July 4th, 2009 KOLKATA - India's second lunar mission Chandrayaan-II is likely to be launched by 2013, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chairman G. Madhavan Nair said Saturday.
India plans to hoist tricolour on moon by 2020January 3rd, 2009 SHILLONG - India is planning to hoist the tricolour on the moon by 2020, a space agency official said here Sunday, adding that the country's first manned flight into space was also on cards by 2015. K. Radhakrishnan, member of the Space Commission and director of the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), said plans were afoot to send a two-member crew into space and orbit around 200 km away from the earth by 2015.
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