Chandrayaan enters lunar space

Chandrayaan-1 india's maiden unmanned  moon mission successfully entered lunar space.

"The operation to put Chandrayaan into lunar space went off very well. The complex manouvre was carried out around 5 a.m. by firing the liquid apogee motor (LAM) on board for about 150 seconds to place the unmanned spacecraft 380,000 km away from earth (apogee) and 1,000 km from the moon," ISRO director S. Satish told media.

"Chandrayaan has commenced its final journey towards the moon and will be inserted into the lunar orbit Saturday through complex manouvres from the space control centre of ISRO's telemetry, tracking and command network (Istrac) here," Satish said.