Events in 2009

January 20, 2009

Obama's Historic Inauguration

Barack Obama was sworn in as the 44th President of the United States, becoming the first African American to hold the nation's highest office. The historic ceremony drew a record-breaking crowd of 1.8 million people to Washington D.C.

September 24, 2009

Chandrayaan-1 Moon Water Discovery

India's Chandrayaan-1 mission made a groundbreaking discovery of water molecules on the Moon using NASA's Moon Mineralogy Mapper (M3) instrument. This historic finding challenged previous beliefs about the Moon's composition and opened new possibilities for future lunar exploration and human settlement.