Posted on 08/20/2019 7:16:54 AM PDT by BenLurkin
India's Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft entered lunar orbit on Tuesday in a small but important step on its journey towards the moon.
Chandrayaan-2, which means "moon vehicle" in Sanskrit, entered the orbit around midnight Eastern Time in a complicated insertion maneuver that took 29 minutes.
"Our hearts almost stopped today till it completed its job," Kailasavadivoo Sivan, chairman of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), told reporters at a news conference.
"But still the landing is the terrifying moment... because that is a phase that we are doing for the first time," he added.
If the spacecraft lands successfully, India will become only the fourth country to make a soft landing on the moon, after the United States, the former Soviet Union and [Red] China.
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Yes, but how is their Muslim outreach and climate change program proceeding?...
no kidding
Another milestone for ISRO.
Jai Hind!
Its hard to be excited for achievements my country performed 50 years ago. In another ten years India will invent the Atari VCS.
Joking aside, congrats I guess?
Congrats!
This is also carrying a payload for NASA for moon delivery.
Great- MORE OUTSOURCING!!!
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