chandrayaan-1 was india's first spacecraft launched to explore the moon. it lifted off on 22 october 2008. it was under the control of the indian space research organisation (isro). it was launched by a pslv rocket. chandrayaan 1 carried nasa's m1 moon mineralogy mapper. the space mission was designed to last for two years. in reality the mission lasted for 312 days. it mapped about 95% of the moon's surface. on 29 august 2009 radio signals from chandrayaan-i were lost. the mission was considered ended at that point. the lunar probe showed the presence of water on moon.