Maiden moon mission of India – Chandrayaan was launched successfully on 22 October 2008 at 6:22 AM Indian Standard Time (00:52 UTC) from Satish Dhawan Space Center (SDSC), Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh, India. Chandrayaan is an unmanned lunar exploration mission.
For Chandrayaan – 1, Mylswamy Annadurai is the project chief.
“This is an historical event”, said G Madhavan Nair, ISRO Chairman, after the grand launch of Chandrayaan – 1.
