Chandrayaan programme
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The Chandrayaan programme also known as the Indian Lunar Exploration Programme is an ongoing series of outer space missions by the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) for the exploration of the Moon. The program incorporates a lunar orbiter, an impactor, a soft lander and a rover spacecraft.
Moon Impact Probe being integrated with Chandrayaan-1.
Artificial craters created by ISRO in Doddallurathi, Challakere, Karnataka to mimic lunar surface.
Vikram lander of Chandrayaan-2 being hoisted
Diagram of the Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft
Chandra
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Chandra, also known as Soma, is the Hindu god of the Moon, and is associated with the night, plants and vegetation. He is one of the Navagraha and Dikpala.
A painting of Chandra
The scriptures compare the Moon to a white goose in the blue lake of sky.
Possible depiction of the Moon God Chandra in his chariot with wife and attendant, 2nd-1st century BCE, Shunga period, West Bengal.
Chandra, British Museum, 13th century, Konark