Indians are fascinated by Moon from ancient days and now the Modern India is getting ready to land on moon! Chandrayaan is the mission towards that dream.
On 56th Independence day, August 15 2003, India’s then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee announced. “Our country is now ready to fly high in the field of science. I am pleased to announce that India will send her own spacecraft to the moon by 2008. It is being named Chandrayaan-I. In Sanskrit (language of Ancient India) “Chandrayaan” means “Moon Craft.
Chandrayaan-I
In Chandrayaan-I, the lunar craft would be launched using Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV). The remote sensing satellite will weigh 1304 kg (590 kg initial orbit mass and 504 kg dry mass) and carry high resolution remote sensing equipment for visible, near infrared, soft and hard X-ray frequencies. Over a two-year period, it is intended to survey the lunar surface to produce a complete map of its chemical characteristics and 3-dimensional topography. The polar regions are of special interest, as they might contain water ice. Lunar craft would orbit around moon 100 km from moon surface.
Chandrayaan-II
ISRO is also planning a second version of Chandrayaan named: Chandrayaan-II. According to ISRO Chairman G. Madhavan Nair, “The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) hopes to land a motorized rover on the moon in 2010 or 2011, as a part of its second Chandrayaan mission. The rover will be designed to move on wheels on the lunar surface, pick up samples of soil or rocks, do in situ chemical analysis and send the data to the mother-spacecraft Chandrayaan-II, which will be orbiting above. Chandrayaan-II will transmit the data to the ground.
The Videos
The following video gives lot of information about the mission objectives, how the lunar craft is going to be launched, the trajectory it is going to follow before placing it in the orbit and the data we are going to get about the moon from the payloads on board.
Watch ISRO Video on Chandrayaan 2008
This video gives details about the launch vehicle, the lunar craft, complete trajectory and the objectives of the mission. Also, The video has the vision 2020 with some animations about Chandrayaan – II, a rover on moon and manned mission to the moon in 2020.
Watch the Video on Chandrayaan - India’s Mission to the Moon
Source: Wikipedia, NASA, ISRO, Google Videos
Composed by Nighi Team
That is an interesing compilation…
Great piece of information..
Great compilation. Very informative videos. I got goose bumps when I see the Indian flag hoisted on the moon. I really wish we could send a man to the moon by 2020.
Thanks for bringing such compilations. As always Nighi rocks … Post more of these ..
- Proud Indian
good info.. thanks
This is the moment of pride for all of us and high applause to the people behind this mission.
Probably next mission will be to open indian restuarant on moon so called kakee kaa dhabba..
Everybody going to the moon either from NASA or ISRO donot have to take the food with them…
Just kidding!!!!!
Salute to all those guys who are making us proud..
An ambitious project which India deserves and is capable of. I hope we’d see this. ISRO has been working hard and its one of the organizations that we all should be proud of. All the best ISRO. oh, awsome video!
it is wonderfullvedio thank u guys
I have serious doubts abt this mission,
I like many others including Nasa astronauts believe man never landed on Moon
Moon landing was fake-and Nasa fooled the world
go and google, you would get sufficient proof related text and videos online .
Moreover, India has thousands of other needs and issues to be addressed before our govt goes ahead with such fancy missions.
energy and power problems, water and sanitation problems health ,corruption …………………… long list
going to moon is not like launching a satellite
It would not help any common man or people like us
Trying to re-invent the wheel, why dont we try something that has never done before by anyone else?
Wow……such an amazing research.
After viewing the video i felt i should have been a part of this research.
People who r into it……are so lucky
Best Wishes
I am totally agree with mentor.Our conuntry is basically poor and with insufficient infrastructure.First we need to invest money in those field.
I understand India is poor, but we are technologically advancing. I will tell you a good reason, why we should go ahead with such missions. There are so many countries/ companies around the world who wants to send satellites in to the space - for their research or for commercial purpose. Because of the cheap and the kind of quality ISRO provides a lot of these companies/ countries are already looking forward to use ISRO for their satellite launches. India has already sent satellites of countries like Israel and other European countries. There is a good money out there. If we succeed in this mission, a lot of countries look forward to use ISRO as their viable partner in satellite launches ..