Indian Space scientists have given the whole Country a moment that we should all be proud of. India's first lunar mission 'Chandrayaan - I' will provide important insights into the lunar environment including data.
During 1960s, President John F. Kennedy inspired an entire generation , whose words about the importance of space exploration are so relevant for India's successful mission today: President Kennedy said 'It is one of the great adventures of all time...and no Nation which expects to be the leader of other nations can expect to stay behind in the race to space.'
The spacecraft was injected in elliptical transfer orbit with a perigee of about 250 km and apogee of about 23,000 km. It will continue to orbit the earth for fifteen days before entering into the Moon's gravitational area and entering the Lunar orbit.
Let us keep our fingers crossed for next 15 days till the spacecraft reaches its lunar orbit after 15 days. My heartiest congratulations to the entire ISRO Team who have made Chandrayaan-I a dream come true. I wish that ISRO uses this moment to popularize 'Science' as a subject amongst the children of our country, which NASA has been able to do with great panache in USA.
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
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