The Russians and the Americans successfully tested un-manned Moon missions in the early Sixties. After almost 50 years India has done it. Yes the first Un-manned Moon mission,"Chandrayaan-1" was a success.
Chandrayaan-1 is India's first mission to moon and also the 51st satellite of the Indian Space Programme.The lifespan of this mission is two years.
What is the objective for launching Chandrayaan-1 ?
1) To design,develop and launch a spacecraft in lunar polar orbit using an Indian Launch Vehicle
2) Higher image resolution of lunar terrain along with Chemical and mineral mapping. (Hope they do not find urine samples there)
3) To enhance India's image in the Global scene by being a part of the select group which has the capability to observe planets/satellites directly.
What did Chandrayaan Carry?
1) Terrain mapper (To map the outer surface of the moon)2) Mineral mapper ( TO map and sense for any new minerals)
3) Topography Mapper
4) Volatile object Mapper (To find if there are any volatile objects in the moon)
5) Moon Impactprobe (To find places in moon where a soft landing can be done)
Chandrayaan also carries 6 other loads from Germany, United States,Bulgaria,Sweden,Japan and UK
1) Mini-SAR from NASA (To distinguish water ice from dry lunar surface)
2)Mineralogy Mapper from NASA ( To map the geological composition of the moon)
3)Radiation monitor from Belgium ( For the study of solar particles in moon)
4)SARA from Sweden/Japan/India (Imaging of the moon's surface to measure moon's flux)
5) XRay Spetrometer from UK. ( Finding the abundance of various chemicals)
6)IR spectrimeter from Germany (To study lunar mineralogy)
The launch vehicle used for Chandrayaan-1 was none other than the tried and tested PSLV
1)The launch vehicle is 44.4 metre tall (PSLV-C11)
2) The propellant(fuel)weighs 138 tonnes (Now I realise that Rockets are indeed a big thing)
3) Moon is at a distance of 4,00,000 km from earth and Chandrayaan-1 will take 15 days to deposit all the 11 paylods in the respective orbits
4)The launch is a success but we have to wait for another 15 days to see whether all the 11 payloads have been placed in their respctive destinations.
Moon has been the only world other than Earth where human beings have set foot. No one knows whether moon has water particles or not. The moon has various other secrets too. Will Chandrayaan-1 reveal those secrets?
The man standing next to me in the picture is the brain behind this post.He is a Scientist and he heads the Liquid Propulsion plant (ISRO) of the country.I call him Papa (Daddy)
-Chronicwriter
u call him Papa, not Daddy. I am so proud of our Papa
ReplyDeleteI luv physics dude...Ur post was like reading wikipedia...
ReplyDeletehmmm
loved the post
**.I call him Daddy
u can bring fun anywhere..lol
hehehe..
ReplyDeletegud info and humour,both found together in ur blog :)
nice one,yaar.
Interesting stuff..Great Daddy!
ReplyDeleteOh nice. It made for a good read! Interesting facts, did not know so much about Chandrayaan-1.
ReplyDelete"I call him daddy" He he....brilliant way of putting it! :)
Thanks to your daddy for giving us so much information! Thank you! :)
Interesting Chrissy! :)
ReplyDelete@akka
ReplyDeletecheck the post again.. added it..
Wow! Your dad must be brilliant.. that brings me to my question -What happened to you man? :P heheheheh
ReplyDeleteFantastic post mate.. loved it.. informative and fun at the same time..
@priya
ReplyDeletecalling my dad, daddy.. was that funny? hehe.. glad to know that you love physics.. it is indeed such a cute subject... you dont have the chemical formulae that u have in chemistry and you dont have to dissect a frog too just like you do in biology.. physics is such a simple subject
@archana
ReplyDeletegood info , humor- both found in my blog? man i wanted this post to be a serious one.. did it sound like a jokers paradise? :)
@sri
ReplyDeleteyes great daddy
@tara
ReplyDeletehe gives me lot of information.. my brain doesnt have a good storing capacity.. thats y i jotted them down in my blog..
@chrystal
ReplyDeletethank you aayushi
@arshat
ReplyDeletehaha.. spoilt brat! yes.. never wanted to be a technical guy.. but our dreams are always shortlived
wow!!! ur dad is a brilliant man dude...m sure his son will live upto his name :)
ReplyDeleteYes... we all love and salute ur daddy :)...
ReplyDeleteIt was nice to hear about all this... andyes I finally saw the video on youube... the cable sucks at the place i am deployed currently...
salutes bro...
nice post! informative!
ReplyDeleteand, regards to Uncle!
@ chriz
ReplyDeletei hate you.. i had chandrayaan as a detail answer and i just knew 4 lines on it which i made into 40 lines.. had u written this post atlease wud've assured me 10 marks!! nonsense!! if i fail its coz of u only!
awwww...come on man,why not?
ReplyDeleteespecially he last part of the post amused me.
But should say,u r a sarcastic comedian. :D
woah! nice post and brilliant ending, man..! you must be proud of him.
ReplyDelete@mayz
ReplyDeleteare you sure? i am not sure though! hehe
@the army guy
ReplyDeletefinally you saw the code breaking act.. wow.. thats gud
@josie
ReplyDeletehe helped me to write this one.. he doesnt know that i have published it.. hehe thank you and would pass it on
@anusha
ReplyDeletesend me that answer sheet.. it would be a fun read i hope
@archana
ReplyDeleteanga suthi, inga suthi kadaisiyila comedian aakiteeya.. :)
@vidya
ReplyDeleteya thank you.. mm sure i am
Chris the last line was amazing "i call him papa" ........ but neenga intha subject la konjam weak achee anna eppadiyoo eppavum pola manage pannitinga good !!
ReplyDeleteCool stuff
ReplyDeleteYou must be proud of him!!! :) My best wishes to him!!
ReplyDeleteAnd we had chandrayan for detail ans this semester!! Being a commerce student, I invented my own physics in the ans!!!
hey the way u put it was funny..
ReplyDeleteyupp true
chemistry is wat i can't reely get thru...
and bio ye ti's fine wth me..haven't done ny dissections may be tats y...lol
@shiv
ReplyDeletehehe.. i am not weak in this subject.. infact i am a zero in the topic... but keeela vulundhaaalum enga meesaila mann ottaadhula.. modhala meesaiyae kidaiyaadhu
@kiran
ReplyDeleteyes indeed. though we are more than 50 years late
@thoorika
ReplyDeleteyes i heard abt the stuff.. haha.. would love to read that answer paper
@priya
ReplyDeletetime you did one dissection
dude!! your dad's a genius!!!
ReplyDelete:D
kudos to him!!!
and yeah sweet post. was nice reading it. will keep coming back. :)
hi dear friend,
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wow. great post. informative without being dry. i have been following the chandrayaan story with great interest and it was good to see someone taking it up. and please wish your father the very best for his work. i really admire and respect scientists for their passion for knowledge.
ReplyDelete@sachin
ReplyDeletethanks bro.. did you read the post?
@pseudo
ReplyDeletehaha.. welkum to my page.. i guess you stepped in with your right foot
@jadis
ReplyDeleteyeah thanks.. and do keep the word.. you are blog rolled
Sorry prason i didnt read your post. Its bcause of a blinking modem one that does not work. Therfore I might get disconncted anytime.
ReplyDeleteI just wanted to tell u that the movie u wrote about
Children of Heaven
is being shown on star movies at 11am this sunday.
@poshin
ReplyDeletethats good news..
but one thing.. odha vaanga pora.. peara solli koopittutu irukura.. i would prefer u calling me anna .. if thats tuff for u, stick on to bro... hope u understand
Hey tat was one informative post...really nice!
ReplyDelete@illusion
ReplyDeletethanks a bunch
i dint know someone could make physics sound so easy and simple! good one!:)
ReplyDeletegreat..!!
ReplyDeleteGreat papa :) I respect science and people contributing to know what it is actually. brilliant :)
ReplyDeleteSorry prason
ReplyDeleteoops sorry annan. (Happy now)or would you like to b called the Most greatest cousin on earth..................................................(Maybe sumthing else)how bout Yor majesty or heighness.
Let's just stick with bro.
This was a good post! a really good one! liked it :)
ReplyDeleteThis was a good post! a really good one! liked it :)
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