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Chandrayaan throws new light on Moon
Press Trust of India
M3 is from Brown University and Jet Propulsion Laboratory in the United States.

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	India over the moon Chandrayaan's launch was a new dawn for India, which showcased India's technological prowess at its best.

	Destination Moon, Mars and beyond ISRO chairman Madhavan Nair hopes that Chandrayaan-2 will fly to the moon, reach the moon, do its objectives.

	S. K. Shivkumar on talking to Chandrayaan Mr. S.K. Shivkumar is director of the ISRO satellite tracking system, somebody who will continuously talk to the Chandrayaan satellite.

	(E)N-powered India races to the moon India having broken its nuclear shackles after getting its way with the nuclear deal inked, the country is now racing to reach the moon.

	Manuel Grande on the CIXS instrument Dr. Manuel Grande is the principal investigator on the Chandrayaan-1 X-ray Imaging Spectrometer or the CIXS instrument.

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The Moon Mission

	The launch vehicle		About the spacecraft
	To the moon & back		Unmanned mission

Beyond Science

	Rajasthani art form inspired by the moon Rajan Mahan India's fascination with the moon is not just limited to Chandrayaan.

	Moon, the symbol of culture and religion Moin Khadri, Radhika Bordia For the people of India, there is so much mythology attached to the moon.

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Interactives

Will the Lunar Odyssey benefit India?
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Quiz

And the winners are...

• Muhammed Zia ur Rahman Khan
• Shrabani Bhattacharya
• Leena R Parikh
• Gurinder Singh
• Rajesh Rawal
• M V Prasanth
• Sheetal Koul
• Julius Lobo
• Shantanu
• Deepak

Forums

If you could leave a message on the moon, what would it be?

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Can India afford profligate space missions?

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