Today, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launched Chandraayan 1, India's first mission to the moon. The Chandraayan 1 was launched using the spacecraft PSLV C11. It carried 11 payloads/Scientific instruments of which six belongs to India, three from European Space Agency (ESA), two from National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and one from Bulgaria.
The Scientists believe that the simultaneous photo geological, mineralogical and chemical mapping through Chandrayaan-1 mission would enable identification of different geological units to infer the early evolutionary history of the Moon.
Mr. Mylswamy Annadurai (from Kothawady, a small village in Tamil Nadu, India) served as the director of this moon mission project.
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