{"id":1207,"date":"2008-11-14T22:16:32","date_gmt":"2008-11-14T16:46:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chiragmehta.info\/chirag\/?p=1207"},"modified":"2008-11-14T22:20:24","modified_gmt":"2008-11-14T16:50:24","slug":"lets-dream-to-see-an-indian-astronaut-walk-the-moon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chiragmehta.info\/chirag\/2008\/11\/14\/lets-dream-to-see-an-indian-astronaut-walk-the-moon\/","title":{"rendered":"Lets Dream to see an Indian astronaut walk the moon"},"content":{"rendered":"

The above is the dream of A P J Abdul Kalam. Shouldn’t we make this dream of every Indian.<\/p>\n

India on Friday became the fourth nation to have its flag flying on the Moon’s surface when Chandrayaan-1’s Moon Impact Probe device, – which has the Indian Tricolour painted on it – touched down.<\/p>\n

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The 35-kilo payload crash-landed on the lunar surface at around 2030 hrs IST. The MIP has started sending its first signals to the satellite.<\/p>\n

It also contains equipment which will help scientists design a lunar lander or rover for the upcoming Chandrayaan-2 mission.<\/p>\n

There’s a lot tucked away inside the MIP. There’s a device to constantly check its height as it falls, another to check what the air on the moon is made of and even a video camera to photograph the moon from close range.<\/p>\n

Those photographs will help ISRO decide where to land India’s first moon rover, a few years from now. The MIP also has the Indian flag painted on its sides a Sanskrit shloka as well.<\/p>\n

The MIP disconnected from Chandrayaan at 100 km from the moon. As it fell, it kept sending information back to the satellite.<\/p>\n

Closer to the surface, rockets were fired to slow down its speed and soften impact.<\/p>\n

After 30 min of free fall, the MIP crash-landed on the south pole of moon.<\/p>\n

The MIP is the brainchild of former president APJ Abdul Kalam. He said it’s his dream to see an Indian astronaut walk the moon.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe youth of India should consider that encouragement of the youth is the most powerful resource on the earth, above and underneath, India will do it<\/strong>,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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