15 November 2008

Picture Of The Month - November 2008


Here is a colourful, close-up picture of the Moon taken by Moon Impact Probe (MIP), which is one of the 11 payloads of Chandrayaan-I. MIP was ejected by Chandrayaan on November 14th and had a crash landing (as planned) on the Moon at around 8:31 pm IST. MIP took this picture on its way to the surface of the moon. MIP (with the tri-coloured flag painted on its sides) landed on the Moon, making India the fourth country to make a physical contact on the Moon.

3 comments:

Harikumar said...

So atlast India have conquered the moon!!!!! Hey when is that rover going to be sent???? with chandrayaan 2????

Anonymous said...

endeavor launched! :D

Inchara Prakash said...

Chandrayaan 2 will be in 2011... Russia is designing the rover at the moment...