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Chandrayaan-1 heads to the moon

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• Oct. 22: In this photo provided by the Indian Space Research Organization, India's maiden lunar mission Chandrayaan-1, or Moon Craft in ancient Sanskrit, successfully takes off at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, about 100 kilometers (63 miles) north of Chennai, India. India launched its first mission to the moon Wednesday, rocketing a satellite up into the pale dawn sky in a two-year mission to redraw maps of the lunar surface.
• Oct. 22: Indian Space Research Organization Chairman G. Madhavan Nair raises his hands to celebrate the successful launch of India's maiden lunar mission Chandrayaan-1, or "Moon Craft" in ancient Sanskrit, at the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota, about 100 kilometers (63 miles) north of Chennai, India.
• Oct. 22: People crowd on a terrace to witness the launch of Chandrayaan-1, India's maiden lunar mission at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, north of Chennai, India.
• Oct. 22: Chandrayaan-1, India's maiden lunar mission is seen soon after the launch at the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota, about 100 kilometers (63 miles) north of Chennai, India.
• Oct. 22: Indian Space Research Organization Chairman G. Madhavan Nair, second left, and his colleagues hold a model of India's maiden lunar mission Chandrayaan-1, or Moon Craft in ancient Sanskrit, after its successful launch at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, north of Chennai, India.
• In this undated photo provided by the Indian Space Research Organization, Chandrayaan-1, India's maiden lunar mission, is taken to the launch pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, about 100 kilometers (63 miles) north of Chennai, India. The 3,000 pound (1,400 kilogram) satellite Chandrayaan-1 (Moon Craft in ancient Sanskrit) will join Japanese and Chinese crafts currently in orbit around the moon for a two-year mission designed to map out the whole lunar surface.
• In this undated photo provided by the Indian Space Research Organization, Chandrayaan-1, India's maiden lunar mission, is taken to the launch pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, about 100 kilometers (63 miles) north of Chennai, India.
• In this undated photo provided by the Indian Space Research Organization, Chandrayaan-1, India's maiden lunar mission, sits on the launch pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, about 100 kilometers (63 miles) north of Chennai, India.

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