Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Chandrayaan Overheats, Mission 'Endangered'

Mere days after its arrival in lunar orbit, India's Chandrayaan 1, still being calibrated for it's international survey of the Moon "is in dire straits as the temperature inside the satellite soars to more than 50C," according to the London Daily-Mail.

"Scientists are desperately trying to find a way to cool it down after a sudden surge of temperature inside the country's first unmanned lunar craft, Chandrayaan 1.

Indian Space Research Organisation chairman Madhavan Nair said the craft was 10C too hot, enough to affect its instruments."


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