It was up and away in a plume of fire almost before the human eye could capture it, with the promise of putting the Indian tricolour on the moon by mid-November.
The moon impact probe (MIP) aboard the unmanned Chandrayaan-1 will be dropped on the lunar surface tomorrow marking the beginning of the operational phase of India
The Indian Space Research Organisation's moon mission marks the first venture into "deep space" for an indigenous satellite. India now joins a select club of nations which have achieved this "milestone".
Minutes after the launch of Chandrayaan-1 at Sriharikota, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman G. Madhavan Nair spoke to Managing Editor Raj Chengappa about its importance and India
