Lunar

Chandrayaan to orbit moon for two years (New Kerala)

12 Oct 2008

By Fakir Balaji, Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh), Oct 12: India's maiden lunar mission, the Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft that launches Oct 22, will orbit about 100 km from the lunar surface for two years, performing remote sensing of the dark side or hidden portion of the moon to unravel its mysteries, scientists working on the project said.

Chandrayaan to orbit moon for two years (Calcutta News)

12 Oct 2008

India's maiden lunar mission, the Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft that launches Oct 22, will orbit about 100 km from the lunar surface for two years, performing remote sensing of the dark side or hidden portion of the moon to unravel its mysteries, scientists working on the project said.

More News (The Shamokin News-Item)

12 Oct 2008

Our monthly lunar intruder, the full moon, once again does a white-washing job in the night skies early this week. Hang in there though, because as the week goes on the moon will rise later and later in the evening and will begin shrinking to a half moon as it approaches third quarter phase.