We had promised to the nation, “we have given India the MOON”, the enthusiastic Chairman Madhavan Nair of ISRO said after the successful landing of MIP (Moon Impact Pro) on the Lunar surface on November 14, Friday 8.31 pm local time.

We, 110 Crores of Indians are proud of this great achievement, and we salute to Mr. Madhavan Nair and the entire team of ISRO for reaching this altitude since no other nation ever achieved success for the first mission itself. We are honoured because November 14 is the day we all celebrate Childrens day. Great visionary Jawaharlal Nehru was the man behind our Space Program.

MIP having equipped with radar altimeter, a video imaging system and a mass spectrometer, provides us information for smooth landing of our next Chandrayan 2, and thereafter manned lunar mission expected by 2015. Jubilant Dr. Abdul Kalam’s words definitely inspire the budding astronauts that “we could send our astronauts walk on the moon in 15 years”.

“We know the complexities, infrastructure requirements and the total cost inputs for our Chandrayan projects may be high”, but we have to move on, said ISRO chief. Chandrayan is carrying 10 experimental instruments. The scientific community the world over is expecting that Chandrayan will unravel previously unknown knowledge about Lunar. The tri color painted MIP did the work as expected and it is shining on Lunar surface now, and India's presence on Lunar planet will take us on top of the world!!

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