India’s moon mission to lift off in October
NDTV.com
“India’s maiden shot at the moon is now all set for lift off in the last week of October. Named Chandrayaan-1 the satellite has just passed a crucial test which simulated how the space craft would perform in the hostile vacuum like environment near the moon.
“According to the Indian space agency, India’s first mission to the moon is to be launched sometime around October 22-26, 2008 from the coast of the Bay of Bengal. It will be lofted up using the Indian Space Research Organization’s (ISRO) workhorse rocket the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV)…”
