ISRO to organize conference to discuss Chandrayaan data
Bangalore: For the first time after the launch of Chandrayaan-1, India's first unmanned spacecraft mission to Moon, scientists behind the success will meet in Bangalore on January 29 to examine the preliminary data generated by payloads on board Chandrayaan-1. Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), G. Madhavan Nair, said, "All scientists behind Indian payloads (scientific instruments) as well those from guest instruments, including from NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) have been invited. We are expecting all of them to be present in the conference." Data from preliminary findings of Chandrayan-1 will be examined by scientists at the meeting. The session will be chaired by senior ISRO scientist, George Joseph. Chandrayaan carries 11 scientific instruments, including six foreign payloads - two from the US, three from the European Space Agency (ESA) and one from Bulgaria. The other five are indigenously designed and developed by various centres of...