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Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Chandrayaan blasts off at 6.20 am on Wenesday 22 October 2008

Scientific community celebrates successful launch of Chandrayaan-1
Bangalore (IANS): It is a time for jubilation for the scientific community of India and they are cherishing every moment of it with the successful launch of Chandrayaan-1 early Wednesday.
The Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft, India's first unmanned scientific mission to the moon, blasted off successfully towards destination moon from Sriharikota, about 80 km from Chennai.
With the successful launch of Chandrayaan-1, India now has joined an exclusive club of nations including the US, former Soviet Union, European Space Agency, China and Japan to have sent missions to moon.

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