Chandrayaan-1 mission blasts off to the Moon

Banks, Michael

Abstract

India has launched its first mission to the Moon in a bid to create the highest resolution 3D maps of the lunar surface and provide a complete chemical mapping of the Moon's soil. The unmanned Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft successfully launched from Sriharikota, an island off the coast of the southern state of Andhra Pradesh last month.

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