Wednesday / 14 May 2014

India Advancing Towards Moon Landing

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  India Seeks 2nd Consecutive Successful Launch Of GSLV Rocket In July; GSLV Will Be Needed To Achieve Chandrayaan-2 Moon Orbiter / Lander / Rover Mission NET 2016; Rover Prototype Now Undergoing Tests At ISRO Lunar Terrain Facility With Anorthosite-Based Lunar Regolith Simulant Harvested From Sithampoondi India; Rover Will Carry A Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectrometer & Alpha Particle-Induced X-Ray Spectroscope To Study Chemical Properties Of Lunar Regolith

Image Credit: ISRO