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Chennai, July 22 (IANS): It was in the 1950s when the mission on the moon charmed several countries. But sometimes they have been abandoned. In fact, the moon itself has become an abandoned planet, said Annadurai, former director, U.R. Rao Satellite Center (RCSU), Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO).
Lately, the moon has become trend again. And this could be attributed to the first Chandrayaan-1 Indian lunar mission in 2008, which discovered water molecules on the moon, said to IANS, Annadurai, the key man of this mission.
The former Soviet Union (now Russia) and the United States had undertaken several lunar missions since 1958.
However, it was the Soviet mission of September 1959 that succeeded for the first time when its lunar impactor carried by its rocket Luna landed on the surface of the moon. The following month, Russia followed it with an overflight mission.
After that, Russia and the United States have repeatedly failed to land on the moon.
In July 1964, the United States was successful with its impactor placed on the surface of the moon. The Ranger-7 spacecraft was blown away by its Atlas LV-3 Agena B rocket.
In 1966, the Russian Luna-9 became the first spacecraft to land on the moon. The same year, the United States successfully landed with their lander on the moon.
The first crewed mission to the moon was conducted by the United States in December 1968. The Apollo-8 spacecraft made an orbit around the moon and returned to Earth.
The first human moon landing mission was launched by the United States on July 16, 1969, with Neil Armstrong becoming the first man to climb to the moon on July 21, 1969.
Later, Japan sent its lunar mission in 1990, followed by the European Space Agency in 2003.
The Asian giant China began its mission on the Moon in 2007 with its orbiter. The country landed its rover on the moon in 2013. Earlier this year, China landed its spacecraft on the other side of the moon.
For its part, India began its mission on the moon on October 22, 2008 with its spacecraft Chandrayaan-1. The country also laid its impact probe on the moon November 14, 2008, becoming the fourth country to land on the surface of the moon.
The most remarkable discovery of the mission was the presence of water molecules on the moon, which revived the interest generated by lunar missions.
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