CHANDRAYAAN - 1: India's First Mission To Moon

[Astronuc]

CHANDRAYAAN - 1 is the first mission to the Moon for Indian, however it is an unmanned probe, which will be inserted into orbit.

ISRO's Chandrayaan-1 Website -  http://www.isro.org/chandrayaan-1/announcement.htm

NASA's Chandrayaan-1 Lunar Orbiter description - http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/database/MasterCatalog?sc=CHANDRYN1

Wikipedia article - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandrayaan-1

NASA has agreed to supply two experiment packages on Chandrayaan-1.
http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2006/may/HQ_06219_griffin_india.html

[yale]

It is obscene that India is flushing their terribly scare resources down a pointless space program.

http://www.unicef.org/india/nutrition.html