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Indian Flag on Moon: Chandrayan-1 
It is a moment of glory for Indians, amidist poverty, drought, flood , terrorist attack, India fufilled the lunar mission .IT was challenging for Country like India , with Just 60 year of freedom, to achieve such heights.
India's first unmanned lunar spacecraft, Chandrayaan 1, has placed a probe on the surface of the Moon.
The probe, painted with the Indian flag, touched down at 2034 (1504 GMT), the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said.
It will perform various experiments, including measuring the composition of the Moon's atmosphere.
The mission is regarded as a major step for India as it seeks to keep pace with other space-faring nations in Asia.
The BBC's Sanjoy Majumder in Delhi says the success of the mission has been hailed in India where many see it as another sign of the country's emergence as a global power.
Earlier this week Chandrayaan 1 began orbiting the Moon some three weeks after it was launched from a space centre in southern India.
The dropping of the Moon Impact Probe (MIP), weighing about 30kg, concludes the first phase of the mission.
"During its descent from Chandrayaan 1, an onboard video camera transmitted lunar pictures to the ISRO command centre," spokesman S Satish said, AFP news agency reports.
In the days to come, the probe will measure the composition of the Moon's ultra-tenuous atmosphere, or exosphere.
For the next two years, Chandrayaan 1 will map a three-dimensional atlas of the Moon and also check for the presence of water-ice with the help of instruments built by India and other countries including the US, Britain and Germany.
The chairman of India's space programme, Madhavan Nair, has described the mission as 95% successful so far and has announced a second lunar mission to be launched by 2012.
"We have now successfully put our national flag on the lunar surface," he told a news conference.
Mr Nair has also said India is considering sending a satellite to Mars.
Most RecentMost Recommended Comments (4)
at 07:24 on November 15th, 2008
We are lucky to see India has achieved. We wish many successes like this. I congratulate all the great scientist for making this possible.
at 19:48 on November 15th, 2008
Congratulation to all the scientist of ISRO. u have achieved. I am very proud to be an Indian. Even I would like to become an astronaunt. when u sent the other mission of chandrayan -2. I will be one of the part in that. I am sure,I will make this India to be proud.
at 14:14 on November 18th, 2008
I can now proudly say that "I AM INDIAN"! congrats to all scientists of ISRO. We are developing so fast! Record-breaking: We are the first to fulfil a lunar mission successfully on first attempt.!
at 00:06 on November 27th, 2008
Thanks my elder to have our national flag in moon to view throughout world. this gives the feel that india need not to wait somemore year to become superpower.....
"OUR UNITY BUILT TO ACHIEVE EVERYTHING"
"PROUD TO BE AN INDIAN"
JAIHIND--indian