Chandrayaan's MIP Images Soon

Techtree News Staff, Dec 30, 2008 1445 hrs IST

Scientists studying the features of the lunar surface before images are released for viewing by the general public

The Chandrayaan saga continues even after two months of its launch. Post the successful launch, it is now the turn of the onboard equipments to daze us earthlings.

ISRO (Indian Space Research Organization) is all set to release a set of pictures taken from the Moon Impact Probe (MIP), which crash landed on the lunar surface. The images were taken while the probe was on its 25-minute descent towards the lunar surface. The MIP had detached from the orbiting Chandrayaan and landed on the moon at 8:31 IST on November 14, 2008. While two images were released soon after the landing, no more were released after that.

ISRO officials, however, now say that almost 3200 images taken by the probe would be revealed very soon. These include images from the Terrain Mapping Camera (TMC) as well, one of the key equipments aboard the Chandrayaan. These images are being analyzed closely at ISRO's Ahmedabad-based Space Applications Center. They include the ones that were taken from a point very close to the lunar surface. The last photograph taken by the MIP was at a height of just two odd kilometers from the lunar surface! Scientists are busy studying the features of the lunar surface before they release the photographs for viewing by the general public.

Some of these images present a never-before seen view of the moon as this is the first time that the moon has been so comprehensively mapped.

The Chandrayaan had probes from China and Japan aboard as well. In fact, the Chinese have just revealed a 3D map of the lunar surface, generated by using data from the Chang'e-1 probe. Japan's probe Kaguya, on the other hand, is continuously taking pictures of various locations on the moon. According to ISRO officials, images from the Chandrayaan would be better than existing ones owing to the low orbital height of the Chandrayaan and, not to mention, the higher resolution cameras on board.

The data garnered by the mission will be made available to institutions and agencies worldwide to provide mankind a better perspective of the lunar surface.

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The pictures will be manipulated so they won't show anything to the general public. We will not see the good pictures that show buildings and large structures up there. It's sad they are playing the same cover-up that the US has been doing.

by bill, waterloo, on Nov 18, 2009 10:58 PM, Report abuse Reply

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by Suresh Divakara, Bacheli, on Jan 15, 2009 12:11 PM, Report abuse Reply

Waiting for the pics of the moon from our own Indian made Chandrayaan .....Am very proud .....

by Vivek, Chennai, on Jan 13, 2009 06:56 PM, Report abuse Reply

We are very proud of our indian scientest, This is my & every indian dreem and our indian technologies. Thanks for our scientiestl

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by scribina, Delhi, on Jan 01, 2009 01:24 PM, Report abuse Reply

Chandrayaan is every indians dream and our technical capacity. It's make proud to be us

by Srinivasa.P, Chickaballapur, on Jan 01, 2009 12:47 PM, Report abuse Reply

ISRO is done a very good job. and we are very proud of ISRO Scientist. particularly Mr. Madavan, Mr. Annadurai, and our nation's citizens are saluted him.

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by srikanth, hyderabad, on Dec 31, 2008 02:43 PM, Report abuse Reply

It is good to have the images moon on the research labs, Geological forensics labs, mineralogy labs. So that we public can see how valuable the near moon is to the whole mankind. Some people have some nostalgic dreams about landing the moon. They can have them at their wallpapers and can dream and dream so that one day (may be by 20-20) will be realized. I Wish the ISOR, NAZA etc. for their high value efforts to bring high wealth to the Earth which had that never before. I wish them a great new year. ALL THE BEST

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