“Mylswamy Annadurai”, the Project Manager of ChandraYaan -1
Chandrayaan -1 was launched by the
Indian Space Research Organisation on 22 October 2008, using the rocket
PSLV-XL C11 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, at Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. This launch was considered a major boost to India’s Space Program. And India researched and developed its technology in order to explore the moon. It was inserted into Moon on 8 November 2008. But the
Moon impact probe was dissolved on 14 November 2008 from the Chandrayaan orbit at 14:30 UTC, the successful mission of chandrayaan-1 made India, the 4th country to unfurl its flag on the moon. And the place in the moon where this probe ejected the soil top research the presence of
Lunar Water is known as
Jawahar point. The cost that was estimated for the project was 386 crore.
Mylswamy Annadurai, is also known as “Moon Man of India”, currently working for the Tamil Nadu state as a vice president at Tamil Nadu state council for science and Technology (TNSCST).