Chandrayaan-1: In this undated photo provided by the Indian Space Research Organization, Chandrayaan-1, is taken to the launch pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, about 100 kilometers north of Chennai, India. India was set to launch its first lunar mission from the center at 0620 hrs IST (0050 GMT) Wednesday Oct. 22, 2008, putting the country in an elite group of nations with the scientific know-how to reach the moon, but also heating up a burgeoning Asian space race. The 3,000 pound (1,400 kilogram) satellite Chandrayaan-1 will join Japanese and Chinese crafts currently in orbit around the moon for a two-year mission designed to map out the whole lunar surface. (AP Photo/ Indian Space Research Organization, HO)
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