As a result, Chandrayaan-1’s thermal protection systems were designed to keep spacecraft electronics running cool amid in-orbit temperatures expected to top out around 75 degrees Celsius.

India ‘s Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft entered lunar orbit Nov. 8, joining Japan ‘s Kaguya and China ‘s Chang’e-1 that have been circling the Moon since late 2007.

Chandrayaan 1 Mission India launched its first mission to the moon on October 22, 2008, from Sriharikota. The mission was named as ‘Chandrayaan’, meaning the carrier to the moon.

However, with Chandrayaan-1, the radar team utilized the fact that this spacecraft is in polar orbit around the Moon, so it would always cross above the lunar poles on each orbit.

Chandrayaan-1, India's first mission to the Moon, was successfully launched earlier this morning from the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota, India. The PSLV-C11 rocket, an upgraded version ...

As ISRO now prepares for Chandrayaan-4, the legacy of the Moon Impact Probe and Chandrayaan-1 remains a pivotal chapter in India's journey to the stars. The Chandrayaan-3 mission not only advances ...

Chandrayaan-1, the Indian Space Research Organization's lunar orbiter, was captured into orbit around the moon on Nov. 8. One day later, the spacecraft performed a maneuver that lowered the ...

October 31, 2008 Larger image The Terrain Mapping camera (TMC) on board Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft was successfully operated on October 29, 2008 through a series of commands issued from the ...

The Chandrayaan-2 mission serves as the second phase of ISRO’s Chandrayaan lunar exploration program and is a follow-on to the highly successful Chandrayaan-1 mission, which featured a lunar ...

India stacked its Chandrayaan 3 moon lander and rover atop their rocket ride on Wednesday (July 5), a big milestone ahead of the mission's planned July 14 launch.

Chandrayaan-2 has revealed the presence of water in multiple locations on the moon, not just at the lunar poles, as observed by India’s first moon mission, Chandrayaan-1.