The Moon Mineralogy Mapper (M3), one of the 11 payloads on board India's Chandrayaan-I spacecraft, has taken composite image of the Orientale Basin region of the moon providing new information, the officials said.

Feeling Adventurous? Reach For The Moon, Says Isro

Will help maintain network across countries

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) reached new heights today with the launching of a satellite, built jointly by ISRO and EADS-Astrium, which will help in maintaining communication network across Europe, West Asia and North Africa.

After the historic moon mission, India will redesign Russian space capsule Soyuz to send its astronauts on the country's maiden manned space mission. "We will be redesigning the Soyuz space capsule of the Russian agency for our mission," said Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) chairman G Madhavan Nair.

A week before the launch it looked like the most unlikely place to house the all-important Indian Space Science Data Centre (ISSDC) for the Chandrayaan-1 lunar orbiter mission. The ISSDC is intended to be, according to the website of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO),

AN unambiguous message that India sent out when Chandrayaan-1 safely entered the moon

Chandrayaan-1, the unmanned mission sent by India for exploration of moon, has won a prestigious international award.

The International Lunar Exploration Working Group (ILEWG) chose the Chandrayaan-1 team for giving the International Cooperation award, M, Annadurai, project director, Chandrayaan-1, said here today.

From the outside, the ISRO Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network Centre (ISTRAC) at Peenya, Bangalore, looks like any other government office. But it is a different story inside

Interview with S.K. Shivakumar, ISTRAC Director.

S.K. Shivakumar:

Interview with M. Annadurai, project director, Chandrayaan-1 .

M. Annadurai: