Indians achieve Lunar Orbit

INDIA has become what it says is 5th to put a spacecraft into Lunar Orbit.  (It’s the fifth individual nation, after the US, the Former Soviet Union, Japan, and China.  The European Space Agency, a consortium of 17 18 nations, has also succeeded in the endeavor).

Chandrayaan-1 Success Makes India Fifth to Reach Lunar Orbit

I’ve put up some Chandrayaan-1 information.

(Also updated: there are 18 member nations in ESA, and we congratulate the Czeck Republic on their admittance in 11/08).

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