India Found Water
September 25th, 2009 Rana Share PDF Download
Wow!! one more major cause to celebrate or to be proud as an INDIAN, what!?…. India Found Water. Yes you read it right, India found water on the MOON. Chandrayaan-1, India’s first mission to Moon, by our very own ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation) found trace of water in the surface of the Moon. As an Indian we must be proud, that too, in the 1st mission to Moon and 1/16 (almost) budget compared to NASA our guys in ISRO made it happen.
Chandrayaan-1 was launched by ISRO in October 2008, and operated until August 2009. On 14 November 2008 India became the fourth country in the world to place its flag on the Moon, on August 29, 2009 ISRO officially declared the mission over. In this 312 days historical journey Chandrayaan-1 had completed 95% of its primary objectives including placing the INDIAN FLAG 
on the MOON.
With the collected data by Chandrayan-1 and other two space vehicle, the scientists found small amounts of water present in particles that make up the moon’s soil. In this regard Jim Green, director of the Planetary Science Division at NASA Headquarters in Washington said -”Water ice on the moon has been something of a holy grail for lunar scientists for a very long time,” he also said- “This surprising finding has come about through the ingenuity, perseverance and international cooperation between NASA and the India Space Research Organization.”
The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) has selected ISRO’s Chandrayaan-1 mission as one of the recipient’s of its annual, AIAA SPACE 2009, awards, which recognize key contributions to space science and technology. M. Annadurai was the project director, of Chandrayaan-1.
To know more please check out -
http://www.isro.org/news/scripts/Sep24_2009.aspx
http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2009/sep/HQ_09-222_Moon_Water_Molecules.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandrayaan-I
Pre-launch Video:
http://www.space.com/common/media/video/player.php?videoRef=SP_081015_chandrayaan
Anyways as a graphic designer I don’t know anything much about Space Science but I’m feeling very proud of ISRO as an Indian. But we want a better website for ISRO.org with a professional look, user friendly interface, more interactive, more easy to understand & interesting section for laymen & kids.
One more interesting thing I found about Lunar Missions is that, all the success about Lunar Missions come in the years with 9 in the ends. Yea it may sound wacky but check the data below…
In 1609 – Galileo Galilei made his own telescope for astronomical purposes (generally credited as the first person) & observed mountains and craters on the Moon.
In 1959 – Luna 2, a space probe launched by the Soviet Union, impacted the surface of the Moon
In 1969 – Project Apollo first successfully landed people on the Moon.
Now,
In 2009 – 1st time it is proved that Moon has water on its surface.
What do you think about it? 9 in a Blue Moon?
Data collected from:
http://www.isro.org/
http://www.nasa.gov/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISRO
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandrayaan-I
http://in.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070202013206AAc25t3
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exploration_of_the_Moon
If anyone has any queries, information or suggestion, please share.
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