Controllers Lowering Chandrayaan Orbit Around The Moon

India’s Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft was orbiting closer to the moon Nov. 10, after reaching lunar orbit Nov. 8 and later carrying out the first of a series of maneuvers designed to lower it to its final operational orbit 100 kilometers (61 miles) above the lunar surface. The latest orbit has a perilune...

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