Speaking on the occasion of India's 62nd Independence day
celebrations, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said that India would
launch its unmanned moon mission programme likely this year.
"This year we hope to send an Indian spacecraft, Chandrayan, to the
moon. It will be an important milestone in the development of our
space programme," said Mr Singh during his address to the nation from
Red Fort.
India's first mission of its kind to the moon to be launched by the
Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle is being developed by the ISRO and is
planned for October.
--MP
