New video of Moon pictures from Chandrayaan

After a relatively long period of silence, ISRO has released new pictures and a video of the pictures taken by Chandrayaan-1.


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Thank you ISRO for these excellent images!!!

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Chandrayaan-1 faces overheating problem!

Local newspapers are reporting that the payloads onboard Chandrayaan-1 are getting upto 10° hotter than expected. "Isro is trying to cool the devices and stable opeartions are not possible until the maximum temperature is brought down." the chairman of ISRO, Madhavan Nair, said in a press conference.

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Indian Navy destroys pirate ship

The Indian warship INS Tabar has set a pirate ship on fire, when fired upon by the pirates. The pirate infected Gulf of Aden has seen a surge in hijacking of commercial ships in recent months. The Indian government sent the naval ship to the Gulf of Aden, after a Japanese ship with Indian crew was hijacked. Until yesterday's incident, INS Tabar had successfully defended two ships against hijack attempts.

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Video of Moon images released by ISRO

ISRO has released another set of images, taken by the Terrain Mapping Camera of Chandrayaan-1, as a movie.

Here's the direct link to the movie: mms://msrv2.wstream.net/isro_archive/TMC01.wmv
The link to ISRO's site containing the movie: http://www.isro.gov.in/pslv-c11/videos/tmc.htm (Note: Use Internet Explorer to view the movie).

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Good quality video of Chandrayaan - 1 launch!

For all of you, who got disappointed by the pathetic coverage of the CY-1 launch by DD, here's a good quality video. Enjoy!!!

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Moon Impact Probe sends back images!!!

Another milestone in Chandrayaan-1's journey to the Moon completed successfully.

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Breaking News: Chandrayaan-1 enters lunar orbit

CNN-IBN is reporting that Chandrayaan-1 has started orbitting the moon with a perigee of around 500 kms. Congrats ISRO, congrats India!!!


Update: ISRO has confirmed the successful lunar orbit insertion.

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Chandrayaan-1 takes Moon's pictures!

Chandrayaan-1, India's Moon orbiter, has taken pictures of Moon using its terrain mapping camera (TMC).

Here's a pic of Moon taken by 'our baby'.


The scientists and engineers of ISRO deserve all credits for the spectacular success of Chandrayaan. I am even more delightd to see Chandryaan aproaching Moon, because one of my classmates was involved in the project. Congrats ISRO!!!

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