Well, it seems that India has jumped into the bandwagon of space exploration. After all, India is a big country with a whole lot of inhabitants, and resources, so there's no surprise here. The Moon Impact Probe (MIP), landed on the moon last friday (November 15th, 2008) on the birthday of Jawaharlal Nehru, who was the prime minister of India when the space program was initiated.
The MIP was launched from an Indian satellite, called Chandrayaan-1.Chandrayaan-1 left Earth on October 22nd. 2008. And a few days ago, it's load, the MIP, reached the Moon's surface. In addition, Chandrayaan-1 has a few more tools on board, like the Terrain Mapping Camera and Radiation Dose Monitor, which will be released towards the moon in a while.
So, with India becoming a space nation, more international cooperation can occur, hopefully bringing us further in to sapce.