Chandrayaan I Lift Off Heralds India’s First Mission to the Moon
February 1, 2008 – Washington, D.C. – The countdown has begun to “lift off” for India’s first mission to the moon. President Bush’s vision for partnership with India in space exploration will get a major boost in April 2008 when India’s first unmanned lunar mission, Chandrayaan I, launches from the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Significantly, Chandrayaan I will carry - for the first time in the history of both countries - a payload atop an Indian rocket that includes two critical NASA instruments to map the moon.
