Our country launched Chandrayan -1 (Satellite to moon) on 22nd October 2008 to know about the moon.
The objectives of Chandrayan -1 are:
1. To check the possibility of finding water on the moon.
2. Finding out the elements of matter on moon.
3. To search for Helium – 3.
4. To make 3 – dimensional atlas of the moon.
5. To study about the evolution of the solar system.
Now India is one of the six countries which have sent satellites to the moon.