India becomes the latest country to send a robotic mission to the moon with the successful launch of the Chandrayaan 1 spacecraft. The other members of this global elite are the US, Russia, the European Space Agency, Japan and China. India is the sixth member of this club.
The moon mission marks a new chapter in the history of Indian space programme that takes a giant leap — from 36,000 km of orbit around earth to 3,84,000 km away to orbit the moon. It also initiates a fresh era of more ambitious interplanetary missions in the future by India to Mars and other planets.
The initial success of the lunar programme is fulfilment of five years of technological striving by Indian space scientists. For the world, it was a clear demonstration of what India can achieve. As former ISRO chief Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan said, the moon mission will help realise India's aim to become a technological powerhouse.
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