India's 1st Moon mission was launched 9 yrs ago on this day
India's first-ever mission to Moon 'Chandrayaan-1' was launched successfully from Sriharikota on October 22, 2008. The 1,380-kg spacecraft helped NASA scientists detect water on the Moon while making the first quantitative map of water and minerals on the lunar surface. The â¹386-crore mission was concluded when ISRO lost communication with the spacecraft on August 29, 2009.