Rank 29 documents Chandrayaan-1 — India's first lunar mission and the orbiter that detected water molecule signatures on the Moon, reshaping lunar science assumptions about polar volatiles and ISRO's deep-space credibility. Launched 22 October 2008 aboard PSLV-XL from Sriharikota, the 1,380-kilogramne cube bus carried eleven instruments including the Moon Impact Probe that descended to the surface and released the Indian national flag — a symbolic touchdown preceding hard-landing ambitions. NASA's Moon Mineralogy Mapper aboard Chandrayaan-1 contributed to the landmark water discovery announced in 2009, validating ISRO's international instrument partnership model. Wallimilist renders the orbiter-over-Moon hero, PSLV pad background, museum-border cream layout with CHANDRAYAAN 1 slab title, FIRST INDIAN MOON MISSION kicker, and MOON IMPACT PROBE footer exactly as the master PNG dictates — ISRO and Chandrayaan emblems, specimen data bands, and curator copy on lunar exploration heritage.