Indian Spacecraft On Moon Mission To Take Off On March 30, 2008

The 'Mission Moon' of the Indian Space Research Organization has been completed and it is expected that the first spacecraft (Chandrayaan-1) would take off on March 30 next year, Associate Professor of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Trivandrum, V. Adimurthi said here on Thursday.

Dr Adimurthi, announced this at a workshop organized by the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur.

He said the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (P.S.L.V.) spacecraft would be launched from Sriharikota, 80 km north of Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

Dr Adimurthi said there were many indications that there was enough stock of helium gas in the moon and a main objective of Indian scientists would be to find out its stock as part of India's search for alternative sources of energy.

According to Dr Adimurthi, India's next plan would be to set up a space station so that "we could utilise that in future for our scientists and researchers".

He said new doors would open after a pact between India and the United States is signed in the field of space research. (ZeeNews.Com)
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