11-15-2008, 10:48 AM
<b>The tricolour has landed</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->An entirely indigenously manufactured device, the Moon Impact Probe (MIP) with the tricolour painted on it â about the size of a large television set â ejected from the Chandrayaan 1 spacecraft, touched down successfully on the Moonâs surface at 8.31 pm on Friday, marking a giant leap forward for Indian space research.
Seconds later, nearly 400,000 km away, at the Indian Space Research Organisationâs (ISRO) Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC) station in Bangalore, a scientist emerged to greet the waiting crowd of newspersons and onlookers. Wordlessly, he gave the âthumbs upâ signal. The crowd erupted into cheers.
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Seconds later, nearly 400,000 km away, at the Indian Space Research Organisationâs (ISRO) Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC) station in Bangalore, a scientist emerged to greet the waiting crowd of newspersons and onlookers. Wordlessly, he gave the âthumbs upâ signal. The crowd erupted into cheers.
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