the moon and indian space exploration

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The Moon is the earth’s only satellite. It is much smaller than the Earth. Although not the largest satellite but densest among whose densities are known.

The moon is in synchronous rotation with earth, always showing the same face with its near side.

The moon is said to have formed 4.5 billion years ago not so long after the formation of the earth.

The Moon surface

No atmosphere

No liquid water

Extreme

temperatures

1/6 th of earth’s

gravity

Movements of the Moon

The Moon makes a

complete orbit

around Earth with

respect to the fixed

stars about once

every 27.3 days

PHASES OF THE MOON

VARIOUS EXPEDITIONS TO

MOON

Soviet Union’s luna

programme was the

first to reach moon

with an unmanned

spacecraft

Man on moon

. NASA's manned Apollo program was developed in parallel; after a series of unmanned and manned tests of the Apollo spacecraft in Earth orbit, and spurred on by a potential Soviet lunar flight.

Neil Armstrong became the first person to walk on the Moon as the commander of the American missionApollo11 by first setting foot on the Moon along with buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins at 02:56 UTC on 21 July 1969

Last man on

moon

On Apollo

17, Cernan became the

eleventh person to walk on

the Moon and the last man

on the Moon since he was

the last to re-enter the Lunar

Module Challenger after the

mission's third and final

extra-vehicular activity

(EVA).

NASA MOONED

AMERICA ! Ralph Rene (August

24, 1933 – December 10, 2008) was an American conspiracy theorist, Small press Publisher and inventor.

His 1992 sel published book ‘NASA mooned America’ details about the landing of man on moon were fake and the video were shooted in a closed studio.

Gallery

“We can expect Indian flag close to the

American flag on moon in the future”.

GROUP MEMBERS

ABHAY WARRIER

DEVAKRISHNA

NIYA SUSAN

ANJIMA R