The India's second moon mission Chandrayaan-2 has gone through a long journey dotted with many events in close to 12 years since being conceived in 2007.
Business
Standard : Chandrayaan-2 is about to begin its final descent
to pull off a historic soft landing on the lunar surface.
The
India's second moon mission has gone through a long journey dotted
with many events in close to 12 years since being conceived in 2007.
Starting
from Chandrayaan 1, here's a list of all the major events that led
Chandrayaan-2
to where it is today:
April
2003
Over
100 eminent Indian scientists in the fields of planetary and space
sciences, Earth sciences, physics, chemistry, astronomy, astrophysics
and engineering and communication sciences discuss and approve the
Task Force recommendation to launch a probe to the moon.
August
15, 2003
Prime
Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee announces the Chandrayaan mission
during his Independence Day speech.
November
2003
The
government gives its approval for the moon mission.
October
22, 2008
Chandrayaan-1
launched successfully from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota
using four-stage PSLV rocket.
November
26, 2008
The
indigenous Terrain Mapping Camera, which was first activated on
October 29, 2008, acquires images of peaks and craters. This comes as
a surprise to Isro
officials because the Moon consists mostly of craters.
March
25, 2009
Chandrayaan-1
beams back its first images of the earth in its entirety.
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