India Launches Moon Mission

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An Indian spacecraft blazed its way toward the far side of the moon Friday in a follow-up mission to its failed effort nearly four years ago to land a rover on the lunar surface, the country’s space agency said.

Chandrayaan-3, the word for “moon craft” in Sanskrit, took off from a launchpad in Sriharikota in southern India with an orbiter, a lander and a rover, in a demonstration of India’s emerging space technology. The spacecraft embarked on a journey that is expected to last slightly over a month before landing on the moon’s surface later in August.

Congrats to India. Hope they succeed.

have they ever attempted a manned mission? not that I recall.

a reply to: ElGoobero

Amazing stuff.

How do they get it through the Glass Dome?

Asking for a friend.

originally posted by: Oldcarpy2
a reply to: ElGoobero

Amazing stuff.

How do they get it through the Glass Dome?

Asking for a friend.

Maybe they don't need to. Perhaps there's another craft built on the moon waiting on the other side to curry on the deception.

They leave the one sent from Earth at a high enough altitude that it can't be seen Indi-air by the sheeple down here.

a reply to: nerbot

Spicy stuff! Curry on.

Some more info ...

a reply to: nerbot

Thanks.

originally posted by: ElGoobero
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An Indian spacecraft blazed its way toward the far side of the moon Friday in a follow-up mission to its failed effort nearly four years ago to land a rover on the lunar surface, the country’s space agency said.

Chandrayaan-3, the word for “moon craft” in Sanskrit, took off from a launchpad in Sriharikota in southern India with an orbiter, a lander and a rover, in a demonstration of India’s emerging space technology. The spacecraft embarked on a journey that is expected to last slightly over a month before landing on the moon’s surface later in August.

Congrats to India. Hope they succeed.

have they ever attempted a manned mission? not that I recall.

No, no manned space flight attempts, yet. However, they are currently developing a Human Rated Launch Vehicle, and that should give them the capability.

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Why, then, is Chandrayaan-3 taking weeks to reach the cratered sphere?
The simple answer is because ISRO does not have a rocket powerful enough to put Chandrayaan-3 on a direct path to the Moon.
As explained earlier, the mission will use a series of Earth orbits and engine burns to gradually increase the spacecraft's speed and position it for a lunar insertion.

estimated landing date Aug 23.

good luck India!

originally posted by: Oldcarpy2
a reply to: ElGoobero

Amazing stuff.

How do they get it through the Glass Dome?

Asking for a friend.

They have the combination for the door. 1-2-3-4-5

originally posted by: captainpudding

originally posted by: Oldcarpy2
a reply to: ElGoobero

Amazing stuff.

How do they get it through the Glass Dome?

Asking for a friend.

They have the combination for the door. 1-2-3-4-5

That's the same combination as my briefcase!

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SPACEBALLS

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Double post

Did Salvage 1 make it to the moon?

Successfully enters Lunar orbig

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India will make its second moon landing attempt in 18 days’ time after its Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft arrived in lunar orbit Saturday.

Chandrayaan-3 began a roughly 30-minute burn around 9:30 a.m. Eastern, seeing the spacecraft enter an elliptical lunar orbit, the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) stated via social media.

“MOX, ISTRAC, this is Chandrayaan-3. I am feeling lunar gravity,” ISRO Tweeted. “A retro-burning at the Perilune was commanded from the Mission Operations Complex (MOX), ISTRAC, Bengaluru.”

Good Luck India!!! We'll be watching

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Think you need a black box, some sundogs, and an assortment of children's fridge pics, and its all good.

Nice video of its lunar orbit insertion on this page:

www.isro.gov.in...

For the inevitable complaints about quality, it doesn't have anything other than a low quality navigation camera on the vehicle - its sole purpose is to deliver the lander/rover.

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good job India



rover landing sked for 8-23

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India has landed its Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft on the moon, becoming only the fourth nation ever to accomplish such a feat.

The mission could cement India’s status as a global superpower in space. Previously, only the United States, China and the former Soviet Union have completed soft landings on the lunar surface.

WAY TO GO INDIA!!!!!

Before the night is out there will be a curry house open.

All joking aside. We done those guys.