India Confirms Lunar Mission in 2008
India's cabinet has approved the nation's first trip to the Moon, a high-resolution imaging mission using a polar orbiter called Chandrayan-1. First announced by Prime Minister Atal Bahari Vajpayee on Aug. 15, India's independence day, the mission "is expected to be the forerunner of more ambitious...
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