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		<title>India plans to hoist tricolour on moon by 2020</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2009 16:32:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shillong, Jan 4 (IANS) India is planning to hoist the tricolour on the moon by 2020, a space agency official said here Sunday, adding that the country&#8217;s first manned flight into space was also on cards by 2015.K. Radhakrishnan, member of the Space Commission and director of the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre of the Indian [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chandrayaan&#8217;s moon impact photos to be released soon</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 05:18:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) It is a set of pictures that is among the most anticipated in India - around 3,200 frames tracking the descent of the first-ever Indian-built device to the moon&#8217;s surface.But the Indian public may have to wait for some more time to take a peek at that journey.
The images were [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NASA instrument on Chandrayaan finds minerals on moon</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Dec 2008 16:17:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bangalore, Dec 25 (IANS) The moon mineralogy mapper (M3), a scientific instrument of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) onboard India&#8217;s first lunar mission Chandrayaan-1, found iron-bearing minerals on the lunar surface, the US space agency said Thursday.&#8221;The mapper spectrometer has beamed images of the Orientale Basin region of the moon, indicating abundance of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chandrayaan II design ready</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Dec 2008 12:50:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ANI</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[
 New Delhi, Dec 24 (ANI): India&#8217;&#8217;s Space Research Organisation (ISRO) today said that the design for the country&#8217;&#8217;s second moon mission Chandrayaan II is ready.
Talking to the mediapersons here on the sidelines of a function organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) to felicitate the members of the Chandrayaan I team, ISRO Chairman [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chandrayaan II design complete</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Dec 2008 09:20:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>IANS</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[New Delhi, Dec 24 (IANS) The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Wednesday said the design for Chandrayaan II has been completed and it will be launched by 2012. &#8220;The designs for Chandrayaan II have been completed and we hope to launch it by 2012,&#8221; ISRO chairperson G. Madhavan Nair told reporters here on the sidelines [...]]]></description>
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		<title>India-US: Milestones 2008 (with Yearender - 1)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Dec 2008 05:11:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>IANS</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Washington, Dec 20 (IANS) Here is a timeline of major events in India-US relations in 2008:Jan 14 - India and the US hold high level talks on defence cooperation in Washington.
Jan 24 - India and the US agree to promote reciprocal trade and opportunities for strategic linkages between small and medium enterprises.
Feb 1 - The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>India-US: A race against the clock to seal a historic deal (Yearender - 1)</title>
		<link>http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/world-news/india-us-a-race-against-the-clock-to-seal-a-historic-deal-yearender-1_100133097.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Dec 2008 04:28:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Attn Eds: As 2008 draws to a close, IANS will  put out a series of yearenders beginning today on a range of national and international issues. This is the first in the series.
Washington, Dec 20 (IANS) A momentous 2008 saw India and the US beating the clock against all odds to seal a landmark [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chandrayaan-1 inaugurates 3-D imaging of the moon</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 07:47:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ANI</dc:creator>
		
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 Washington, Dec 18 (ANI): An instrument aboard Indian Space Research Organizations (ISROs) Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft has inaugurated 3-D imaging of the moon, revealing new information about the lunar surface.
Known as the Moon Mineralogy Mapper, NASAs guest instrument aboard Chandrayaan-1 has taken a new composite image, which provides new information about the Orientale Basin region of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NASAs top accomplishments in 2008</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 09:28:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ANI</dc:creator>
		
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 Washington, Dec 16 (ANI): NASA has outlined its top ten science, exploration and discovery stories of 2008, the year in which the agency celebrated its 50th birthday.
The top ten accomplishments are:
International Space Station (ISS) nears completion on 10th anniversary:
NASA completed four space shuttle missions in 2008 to deliver modules and hardware to the International [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mumbai attackers have a price to pay: Sonia Gandhi</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 04:43:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ANI</dc:creator>
		
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 Kochi, Dec 16 (ANI): Congress Party President Sonia Gandhi has lashed out at the Mumbai attackers, by saying that they would have to pay a price for their barbarism.
&#8220;There is a price to be paid for these barbaric attacks. Let nobody take us for granted and, let nobody underestimate our resolve to defeat these [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ISRO, Russian Space Agency join hands for Indian Man Mission</title>
		<link>http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/india-news/isro-russian-space-agency-join-hands-for-indian-man-mission_100130445.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Dec 2008 06:39:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ANI</dc:creator>
		
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 By K G Vasuki
Bangalore, Dec 13 (ANI): The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and the Russian Space Agency have joined hands to share critical equipments for the Indian Man Mission to the Moon.
India and Russia signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to promote joint activities in the field of human space flight programme during [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8221;W2M satellite&#8221; to be launched on December 20</title>
		<link>http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/india-news/w2m-satellite-to-be-launched-on-december-20_100129592.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2008 06:20:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ANI</dc:creator>
		
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 Bangalore, Dec 11 (ANI): The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has set itself one more milestone to achieve, that of launching the &#8221;W2M satellite&#8221;, a communication satellite developed by the agency, from French Guyana on December 20.
Built over a period of 26 months, this 3462-kilogram spacecraft is the heaviest developed by ISRO.
K.R. Sridhara Murthy, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It is official: no rat farming in Bihar</title>
		<link>http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/politics/it-is-official-no-rat-farming-in-bihar_100128183.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2008 11:31:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Patna, Dec 7 (IANS) The Bihar government has shelved its controversial plan to encourage deprived sections of society take up rat farming to improve their economic status after widespread criticism of the move.State Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Saturday said there was no plan or project to encourage the socially and economically backward Dalit community to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;India&#8217;s manned moon mission by 2020&#8242;</title>
		<link>http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/uncategorized/indias-manned-moon-mission-by-2020_100127966.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Dec 2008 15:29:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Guwahati, Dec 6 (IANS) India would be able to send a manned mission to the moon by 2020, while the second unmanned spacecraft would be ready by 2012, said a top space scientist who was involved in the successful launch of Chandrayaan-1.&#8221;If everything goes as per the plan, we will be ready to send a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>We want computers, not rat farming, say Bihar&#8217;s Musahars</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 03:35:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Patna, Dec 4 (IANS) The Musahar community in Bihar is up in arms against a government proposal to promote rat farming for their uplift, saying the move would keep them where they had always been - at the bottom of India&#8217;s socio-economic heap.They have urged the state government to abandon the project. &#8220;We want to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>India to double allocation for science: PM</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 11:58:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bangalore, Dec 3 (IANS) India proposes to double the fund allocation for science and technology, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said here Wednesday and asked academicians to prepare a blueprint to make basic sciences and mathematics the preferred subjects for children.He was speaking after dedicating to the nation the International Centre for Materials Science (ICMS), established [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two more Chandrayaan instruments to be activated in mid-December</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Nov 2008 14:39:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bangalore, Nov 29 (IANS) Two of the 10 remaining scientific instruments onboard India&#8217;s first unmanned lunar mission Chandrayaan-1 will be activated in mid-December for conducting experiments while the spacecraft orbits over the moon during next two years, a top space agency official said Saturday.&#8221;The sub-kiloelectronvolt (keV) atom reflecting analyser (SARA) and the high-energy x-ray spectrometer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chandrayaan-1 takes summer break till mid-January</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Nov 2008 05:24:17 +0000</pubDate>
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 London, Nov 28 (ANI): Indias first uncrewed lunar probe, Chandrayaan-1, is experiencing the hottest temperatures it has yet faced, which have forced it to take a summer break, using its instruments sparingly until mid-January to get through the hot patch.
Chandrayaan is currently over the sunlit side of the moon, a place where spacecraft are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Indian scientists tackle heat rise in Chandrayaan-1</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2008 07:18:39 +0000</pubDate>
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 London, Nov 26 (ANI): Reports indicate that the temperature inside Indias first unmanned lunar spacecraft Chandrayaan-1 has gone over 50 degrees Celsius, prompting scientists to explore various options to cool down the unexpected surge. 
According to a report by BBC News, scientists say that the problem arose because of very hot temperatures during the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Recession&#8217;s long reach - Moon and Mars missions of US</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2008 05:42:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New Delhi, Nov 25 (IANS) The global financial crisis will severely affect the US manned mission to the Moon and then to the  red plant Mars, says Jerry Linenger, a renowned astronaut of American space agency NASA, while lauding India&#8217;s growing role in space.&#8221;It will affect the space programmes. The economic recession will certainly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chandrayaan-1 starts observing the Moon</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2008 05:30:56 +0000</pubDate>
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 Paris, Nov 25 (ANI): After Indias lunar orbiter Chandrayaan-1 released a probe that impacted close to the south pole of the Moon on November 14, the instruments on the spacecraft are being switched on to get the science observations started.
The Moon Impact Probe was dropped close to Shackleton crater, a place close to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>India now aims for manned space mission</title>
		<link>http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/sci-tech/india-now-aims-for-manned-space-mission_100122697.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Nov 2008 16:52:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 23 (IANS) India is aiming to send a manned mission into the space after the success of its first unmanned mission to the moon, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRo) chairmain G. Madhavan Nair said here Sunday. &#8220;The (manned) moon mission is a tough task and to achieve that our first task is to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sonia says terror has no religion, but some parties linking two(Lead)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Nov 2008 13:51:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New Delhi, Nov 23 (IANS) Terrorism has no religion but some parties are trying to associate it with a particular religion or community to further their divisive policies, Congress president Sonia Gandhi said Sunday as she campaigned for a third term for her party in the capital.Addressing her first poll rally in Delhi, Sonia Gandhi [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Terror has no religion, but some parties linking the two: Sonia</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Nov 2008 11:30:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New Delhi, Nov 23 (IANS) Terrorism had no religion but some parties were trying to associate it with a particular religion or community to further their divisive policies, Congress president Sonia Gandhi said Sunday as she kicked off her election campaign in the capital.Addressing a rally in Delhi, Gandhi said ahead of the Delhi elections [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bringing Chandrayaan-I back will be tough challenge: US astronaut</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:30:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) Terming India&#8217;s maiden moon mission as “fantastic” and “great”, renowned American astronaut Jerry M. Linenger Friday said bringing back the probe to earth will be “very difficult”.“Moon Mission is a great achievement for India and for me as well. It&#8217;s fantastic to see India&#8217;s growing role in space,” Linenger told [...]]]></description>
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		<title>India ready for its second moon mission</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 08:15:24 +0000</pubDate>
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 Coimbatore, Nov 18 (ANI): After the success of Chandrayaan-1, India&#8217;&#8217;s first moon mission, country is ready for its second lunar mission as it started work on Chandrayaan-2, says M. Annadurai, Project Director, Chandrayaan-1.
Talking to media here on Monday, Annadurai said the Central Cabinet has already given its approval for the second moon mission.
&#8220;Chandrayaan-2 has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ISRO employees to celebrate Chandrayaan success with special lunch</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 05:13:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 18 (IANS) Nearly 5,000 employees of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) in Kerala will next week celebrate the success of the Chandrayaan-1 mission with a special lunch and are also hopeful of being given a salary hike in appreciation of their work, an official said.Workers at four ISRO units in the state [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ISRO to set up atmospheric studies centre in Andhra Pradesh</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2008 14:24:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hyderabad, Nov 16 (IANS) The Indian Space Research Organisation is ready to establish a world class facility for atmospheric studies near Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chairman G. Madhavan Nair informed Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy that ISRO would establish the facility for advanced atmospheric studies. 
Nair was replying to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Laser payload aboard Chandrayaan turned on</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2008 13:59:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bangalore, Nov 16 (IANS) The lunar laser ranging instrument (LLRI) on board India&#8217;s first unmanned spacecraft Chandrayaan-1 was switched on Sunday, two days after the moon impact probe (MIP) landed on the lunar surface.&#8221;The instrument was turned on when the spacecraft was orbiting over the western part of the moon&#8217;s visible atmosphere. Initial data indicated [...]]]></description>
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		<title>France, EU laud India on successful moon landing</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Nov 2008 12:05:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New Delhi, Nov 15 (IANS) France, chair of the 27-nation European Union, Saturday lauded India on the successful lunar exploration mission, which, it stressed, confirmed “India&#8217;s eminent position among the world-class scientific and technological powers”. “France, on behalf of the European Union, warmly congratulates India for the successful landing of the Moon Impact Probe and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>After India lands probe on moon, focus back on spacecraft</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Nov 2008 08:21:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bangalore, Nov 15 (IANS) A day after landing India&#8217;s first probe instrument on the surface of the moon, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) was Saturday getting ready to activate eight other scientific instruments on board the country&#8217;s first unmanned lunar spacecraft, Chandrayaan-1, that is now orbiting the moon and will do so for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lunar landing has Indians over the moon</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Nov 2008 08:06:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New Delhi, Nov 15 (IANS) There was exultation, a feeling that India had arrived, when the national tricolour was placed on the lunar surface Friday night. With India&#8217;s moon mission Chandrayaan already a reality, people are now wondering if the next step could be a holiday on the moon!The Indian flag was planted on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chandrayaan-I lands on Moon with tri-colour</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Nov 2008 05:57:27 +0000</pubDate>
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 Bangalore, Nov 15 (ANI): Chandrayaan-1, India&#8217;&#8217;s first moon mission achieved a significant landmark on Friday when the Moon Impact Programme, (MIP) was ejected by the spacecraft successfully onto the lunar surface with National Tri-Colour.
The MIP detached itself from Chandrayaan-1 about 100 km from the moon&#8217;&#8217;s surface and crash-landed on the south pole of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Indian Tricolour Placed on the Moon on Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru&#8217;s Birthday</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Nov 2008 04:07:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a historic event, the Indian space programme achieved a unique feat today (November 14, 2008) with the placing of Indian tricolour on the Moon’s surface on Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru’s birthday. MIP :Click for Full Image The Indian flag was painted on the sides of Moon Impact Probe (MIP), one of the 11 payloads of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>India on the moon, with tricolour (Second Lead)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 18:44:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bangalore, Nov 15 (IANS) India Friday became the fourth country in the world to land a man-made object on the lunar surface when its moon impact probe (MIP), with the tricolour painted on it, landed on the earth&#8217;s only natural satellite at 8.31 p.m. after ejecting from the Chandrayaan-I spacecraft.The MIP impacted on the moon&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Indian tricolour on destination moon (Lead)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:46:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bangalore, Nov 14 (IANS) India&#8217;s maiden moon probe crashed on to the lunar surface at 8.31 p.m. Friday, sending a wealth of data to its mother spacecraft Chandrayaan-1 during the 25 minutes of its useful life. India became the fourth country to send a probe to the moon.The moon impact probe (MIP), which has the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>From launch to landing - Indian moon mission&#8217;s journey</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:45:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bangalore, Nov 14 (IANS) India&#8217;s first probe into moon landed on the lunar surface Friday night after riding on Chandrayaan-1, the country&#8217;s first unmanned spacecraft to the moon, after travelling around 384,000 km in 24 days days after blasting off from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh Oct 22.Soon after the launch at 6.22 a.m. the spacecraft [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When the tricolour was still but hearts fluttered</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:07:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bangalore, Nov 14 (IANS) Perhaps for the first time since India adopted the saffron-white-green tricolour as its flag, millions of hearts across the country fluttered but not the flag itself when it reached the lunar surface, around 384,000 km away, Friday night. The heart beat was faster at Indian Space Research Organisation ISRO&#8217;s deep space [...]]]></description>
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		<title>India reaches destination moon</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:03:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bangalore, Nov 14 (IANS) India Friday became the fourth country on Earth to land a probe on the moon. &#8220;We have given moon to India,&#8221; a beaming and excited chief of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) G. Madhavan Nair said minutes after the moon impact probe (MIP) landed on the lunar surface Friday night.&#8221;The moon [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thanks to Chandrayaan Indian tricolour is now on the moon</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 15:38:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today at 8:31pm the Moon Impact Probe (MIP) &#8220;Crash Landed&#8221; successfuly on the moon making India one of the only 4 nations who have sent successful  missions on the moon.
ISRO has just named the Moon Impact Probe as &#8220;Aditya&#8221;
The Probe has already sent signals back to Chandrayaan confirming its success.
The moon mission is the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tricolour signifies India&#8217;s presence on moon: ISRO chief</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 12:24:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bangalore, Nov 14 (IANS) The landing of the moon impact probe (MIP) on the lunar surface Friday night would mark the presence of India on the moon, the head of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said here.&#8221;The landing of the impact probe will have an emotional significance for all Indians, as the tricolour touches the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>After Chandrayaan-1, moon will be intermediate base for Mars mission: Kalam</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 11:58:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chandigarh, Nov 14 (IANS) The successful launch of Chandrayaan-1, India&#8217;s first unmanned moon mission, means the moon an intermediate base for India&#8217;s Mars mission and will also help to facilitate the chemical and mineral mapping of the entire lunar surface, feels former president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam. Kalam, who was here Friday to inaugurate the Aero [...]]]></description>
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		<title>India&#8217;s moon mission: nine years in the landing</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 11:49:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bangalore, Nov 14 (IANS) When India&#8217;s first moon impact probe (MIP) lands on the lunar surface Friday night, it will be the culmination of a nine year effort - from mooting of the idea of an Indian scientific mission to moon in 1999 to placing the 35 kg probe on a pre-determined location on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Countdown for landing Indian probe on moon begins</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 11:10:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bangalore, Nov 14 (IANS) The countdown has started to make India the fourth country on Earth to land a probe on the moon later Friday, when India&#8217;s first unmanned lunar spacecraft Chandrayaan-1 will send down the Moon Impact Probe (MIP) painted in the Indian tricolour.“Hectic preparations are underway to release the tricolour-painted MIP from the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>APJ Abdul Kalam to inaugurate &#8216;Aero Tech 2008&#8242;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 13:32:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chandigarh, Nov 13 (IANS) Enthused by the success of Chandrayaan-I mission, the aero scientists of India are all geared up to discuss advances in aerospace technologies at the two-day national level seminar, &#8216;Aero Tech 2008&#8242; that will start here Friday. APJ Abdul Kalam, former president of India, will inaugurate the Aero Tech 2008 Nov 14.&#8221;The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Colours of Indian flag on moon Friday</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 13:11:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bangalore, Nov 13 (IANS) The saffron-white-green of the Indian flag will adorn the moon from Friday night when the tricolour-painted moon impact probe (MIP) of Chandrayaan-1 lands on its surface to begin a two-year investigation of the earth&#8217;s only natural satellite.The 375 mm x 375 mm x 470 mm MIP is a honeycomb structure housing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>India&#8217;s moon impact probe to hit lunar surface Friday</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 11:43:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chennai, Nov 13 (IANS) The moon impact probe (MIP) abroad India&#8217;s first lunar spacecraft Chandrayaan-1 is expected to hit the lunar surface Friday evening, said a top official of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).&#8221;Ninety-five percent of the moon mission is over successfully. I am not in a position to say when the MIP will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IANS Top Stories At 9</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 15:41:31 +0000</pubDate>
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Central government framing Hindu leaders to win polls: BJP president - Lead moved at 1430, Roundup to move at 1900
Key Malegaon blast suspect arrested from Kanpur - Lead moved at 18.49
Chandrayaan reaches &#8216;home&#8217; in lunar orbit - Lead moved at 20.50
Congress shows Alva the door, party colleagues stay unmoved - Lead moved at 1644
CPI-M [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chandrayaan reaches &#8216;home&#8217; in lunar orbit (Lead)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 15:25:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bangalore, Nov 12 (IANS) India&#8217;s first unmanned lunar spacecraft Chandrayaan-1 Wednesday reached its intended operational orbit at about 100 km from the lunar surface for a two-year rendezvous with the moon.“Chandrayaan has reached its home in the final orbit. The spacecraft is orbiting at an altitude of 100 km above the lunar surface. It will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chandrayaan in final lunar orbit</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 14:17:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bangalore, Nov 12 (IANS) India&#8217;s first unmanned lunar mission Chandrayaan-1 was placed in its final orbit of 100 km from the lunar surface, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) announced here Wednesday evening.

			
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		<title>BREAKING NEWS:Chandrayaan enters final lunar orbit</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 14:06:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Chandrayaan descends into lower lunar orbit</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 17:06:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bangalore, Nov 11 (IANS) India&#8217;s first unmanned spacecraft Chandrayaan-1 descended further into the lunar orbit Tuesday following the third orbit-reduction manoeuvre, a top space official said here.&#8221;The manoeuvre was carried out at 18.30 (IST) for 31 seconds to push the spacecraft into a lower orbit at 102-km periselene (nearest point to moon) and 255-km aposilene [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chandrayaan nudged closer to moon</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 18:21:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bangalore, Nov 10 (IANS) India&#8217;s first unmanned lunar mission Chandrayaan-I was nudged closer to the moon late Monday in a second orbit-reduction manoeuvre, a top Indian space official said.The manoeuvre lasted 866 seconds.
&#8220;The spacecraft is at 187 km from the moon (periselene) and 255 km away (aposelene), orbiting elliptically once in every 2 hours and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Congress taking credit for Chandrayaan, alleges BJP</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 13:02:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bhopal, Nov 10 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Monday attacked the Congress party, alleging that it was taking credit for India&#8217;s maiden mission to the moon. The accolades should have been reserved for the scientists, a BJP spokesman said. Talking to the media, senior BJP leader Rajiv Pratap Rudy referred to advertisements in national [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ISRO to develop Sun mission &#8221;Aditya&#8221;, says Nair</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 07:24:42 +0000</pubDate>
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 Bangalore, Nov 10 (ANI): After the success of Chandrayaan -1, the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has conceptually developed a Sun mission called &#8221;Aditya&#8221;.
Talking to ANI here, ISRO Chairman G. Madhavan Nair, said the success of Chandrayaan -1 has boosted the confidence of ISRO scientists to look beyond the moon.
&#8220;Aditya has been approved and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chandrayaan lowered further in lunar orbit</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Nov 2008 17:08:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bangalore, Nov 9 (IANS) India&#8217;s first unmanned lunar spacecraft Chandrayaan-1 was pushed further towards the moon&#8217;s surface in the first orbit-lowering manoeuvre late Sunday, a top space agency official said.&#8221;The first orbit lowering operation was carried out successfully at 20.03 hrs IST by firing the liquid engine onboard the spacecraft for 57 seconds. All systems [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chandrayaan-1 enters lunar orbit</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Nov 2008 16:01:14 +0000</pubDate>
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 Bangalore, Nov 8 (ANI): Chandrayaan-1, India&#8217;&#8217;s first moon mission, has been successfully put into the lunar orbit today between 04.51 pm to 05.04 pm IST.
With this achievement Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has reached a milestone in the international space arena. This is the first time an Indian built spacecraft has broken away from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IANS TOP STORIES AT 9</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Nov 2008 15:34:51 +0000</pubDate>
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Indian spacecraft enters lunar orbit, makes history - Second Lead moved at 2040
PM congratulates scientists for Chandrayaan&#8217;s successful journey - Moved at 1952
Five killed as shell bursts in Meerut scrap heap, terror angle ruled out - Second Lead moved at 1733
PM arrives in Muscat on three-day Gulf visit - Lead moved at 1917
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		<title>Indian spacecraft enters lunar orbit, makes history (Second lead)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Nov 2008 14:49:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bangalore, Nov 8 (IANS) India Saturday made history by firing its first unmanned spacecraft Chandrayaan-1 into the lunar orbit, breaking away from the earth&#8217;s gravitational field for a rendezvous with the moon.&#8221;The complex lunar orbit insertion manoeuvre was conducted perfectly. We have created space history by doing it for the first time. It shows our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PM congratulates scientists for Chandrayaan&#8217;s successful journey</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Nov 2008 14:28:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Muscat, Nov 8 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday congratulated scientists in the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) for successfully putting India&#8217;s first unmanned moon mission Chandrayaan-1 into lunar orbit.The prime minister, who arrived here Saturday afternoon on a three-day visit to the Gulf, sent his congratulatory message after receiving the news.
Chandrayaan-1 has travelled more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chandrayaan&#8217;s journey to lunar orbit (To go with India successfully puts spacecraft&#8230;)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Nov 2008 13:37:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bangalore, Nov 8 (IANS) Chandrayaan-1, India&#8217;s first unmanned mission to moon, has travelled more than 380,000 km in 12 days after its launch from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh Oct 22 to enter the lunar orbit Saturday.Soon after the launch at 6.22 a.m. on Oct 22, the spacecraft carrying 11 scientific payloads was put in an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chandrayaan-1 enters lunar orbit</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Nov 2008 13:17:23 +0000</pubDate>
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 Bengaluru, Nov.8 (ANI): An official of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Saturday confirmed that the spacecraft Chandrayaan-1 had entered the lunar orbit successfully.
S. Satish, spokesperson of ISRO said that the Chandrayaan-1 orbit would last around 800 seconds in 7,500km x 500km elliptical orbit around the moon.
&#8220;The lunar orbit insertion (LOI) will start [...]]]></description>
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		<title>India successfully puts spacecraft into lunar orbit (Lead)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Nov 2008 13:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bangalore, Nov 8 (IANS) India Saturday successfully put its first unmanned spacecraft Chandrayaan-I into lunar orbit - a major step towards placing it in its designated slot 100 km from the moon, a top Indian space agency official said.The spacecraft was placed in an elliptical orbit - at 7,500 km aposelene (farthest from moon) and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IANS TOP STORIES AT 6</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Nov 2008 12:45:11 +0000</pubDate>
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India&#8217;s spacecraft Chandrayaan-I put into lunar orbit - Moved at 1738; Lead expected to move by 1830 
Five killed as shell bursts in Meerut scrap heap, terror angle ruled out - Second Lead moved at 1733
Indian PM arrives in Oman – Expected to move by 1815
CBI grills arrested Indian Army officer in another blast [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chandrayaan-I enters lunar orbit</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Nov 2008 12:15:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bangalore, Nov 8 (IANS) India&#8217;s first unmanned moon mission Chandrayaan-I was Saturday put into lunar orbit at around 5.15 p.m., scientists of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said here.The spacecraft was successfully put into an elliptical orbit after complex manoeuvres.
&#8220;The liquid apogee motor on board the spacecraft was fired for about 805 seconds to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BREAKING NEWS:India&#8217;s spacecraft Chandrayaan-I put into lunar orbit</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Nov 2008 12:03:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>What will you eat on the moon, how will you travel?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Nov 2008 04:17:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chennai, Nov 8 (IANS) Can countries engaged in exploration and exploitation of the moon introduce plant and animal life there? The issue is back in focus as India&#8217;s first unmanned lunar spacecraft Chandrayaan-1 gets ready to drop a probe on to the moon&#8217;s surface.P. Sreekumar, head of the space astronomy and instrumentation division at the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;The moon is better than any space station&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Nov 2008 04:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chennai, Nov 8 (IANS) Even as Chandrayaan-1, India&#8217;s first unmanned spacecraft to the moon, enters the lunar orbit Saturday, one Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) scientist says the moon is well on its way to becoming the best international space station.&#8221;It will be better than any artificial space station&#8221;, said P. Sreekumar, head of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Indias Chandrayaan successfully settles into lunar trajectory</title>
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 Paris, Nov 6 (ANI): Following a fifth orbit-raising maneuver, Indias Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft has successfully settled into a trajectory that will take it to the Moon.
Chandrayaan-1 is Indias first mission to venture beyond Earths orbit.
After launch on 22 October, the spacecraft was first injected into an elliptical 7-hr orbit around Earth, between 255 km and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chandrayaan on course, will begin moon orbit by Saturday</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 16:56:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gandhinagar, Nov 4 (IANS) Indian space scientists are hopeful that Chandrayaan-1 will Saturday start orbiting the moon.&#8221;If everything goes right, by Nov 8, Chandrayaan-1 will start circling the moon,&#8221; said Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chairman Madhavan Nair here Tuesday. 
The last orbit-raising manoeuvres to enter the lunar transfer trajectory were completed Tuesday by the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chandrayaan-I enters lunar orbit</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 09:41:10 +0000</pubDate>
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