BANGALORE, India — India’s Chandrayaan-1 lunar orbiter, which was launched Oct. 22, has successfully executed an orbit-raising maneuver that puts it on course to reach the Moon by this weekend.

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Based in Bangalore, Killugudi S. Jayaraman holds a doctorate in nuclear physics from the University of Maryland and a master's degree in journalism from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. He was formerly science editor of the...