CHANDRAYAAN-1

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In Sanskrit, Chandrayaan means ' '.

It was India's lunar probe.

The mission included a lunar orbiter and an .

It was launched from Space Centre, Sriharikota, Nellore District, Andhra Pradesh, about 80 km north of Chennai.

India researched and developed its own technology in order to the Moon. The vehicle was successfully inserted into on 8 November 2008.

On 14 November 2008, the Moon Impact Probe separated from the Chandrayaan orbiter and struck the in a controlled manner, making India the country to place its flag on the Moon.

The lunar mission carried five ISRO payloads and six payloads from including NASA, ESA, and the Bulgarian Aerospace Agency.

Chandrayaan operated for 312 days as opposed to the intended but the mission achieved 95 percent of its planned .

Among its many achievements was the discovery of the widespread presence of in lunar soil.

Chandrayaan's Moon Mineralogy Mapper has confirmed the magma ocean hypothesis, meaning that the Moon was once completely .

On 24 September 2009 Science magazine reported that the Moon Mineralogy Mapper (M3) on Chandrayaan-1 had detected on the Moon.

Chandrayaan-1 discovered a large cave below the lunar surface. which could be a potential site for settlement on the Moon.

The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) has selected ISRO's Chandrayaan-1 mission as one of the recipients of its annual AIAA SPACE 2009 awards, which recognizes key contributions to .

ISRO is currently developing a second version of Chandrayaan named possibly to be launched in 2016.

ISRO is said to be planning to include a motorised as a part of its second Chandrayaan mission.

The rover will be designed to move on wheels on the lunar surface, pick up samples of soil or rocks, do on-site and send the data to the via the Chandrayaan-2 orbiter, which will be orbiting the Moon.