10:35 AM EST: There it is !! The news I was anxiously waiting to read is finally out.
IBN live has reported that the 35-kilo MIP crash-landed on the lunar surface at around 8:30pm IST and has already started sending signals to the satellite.
India Today too has posted a quick update mentioning India's first unmanned lunar spacecraft Chandrayaan-1 on Friday successfully landed its Moon Impact Probe (MIP) on the moon's surface.
Nothing else yet. ISRO hasn't yet updated it's PR website.
Here is something to read about the MIP
11:50 AM EST - More news pouring out now; all of them announcing India's touchdown on the moon. Still no ISRO press release on the WWW! PTI news has a succinct piece, no fanfare only the neat precise news. Times of India has reported the event here. Of course, both have snatched the fact that today, 14-Nov, is also the birthday of India's first Prime Minister.
I'd rather say this is a wonderful gift to all Indian kids on Children's Day !! :-)
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