Chandrayaan Enters Lunar Orbit

Last Saturday was another historic moment for India when Chandrayaan-1 was successful inserted into the lunar orbit after a complex series of maneuvres, a step that has led to more than 30% of earlier moon missions to fail... CY is now just about 500 kms from the moon, orbitting it under it's gravitational pull. Over the next few days, it will be gradually brought closer to the moon, until it's just around 100 km away. Then, a capsule will detach itself from the main spacecraft and descend to the lunar surface, carrying along with it an Indian flag - to be firmly planted on the moon :)