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India Gets to Mars on the First Try – MOM’s the Word(link)

Posted on September 25, 2014 by Rashid Faridi

Dear Readers A fellow blogger has written a very good post on India’s Mars Mission and commented on my previous post. Here I am giving a brief introduction of the post and a link to the post.Please read in the … Continue reading →

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India has a date with Mars. Little Belated Independence Day Gift :-)

Posted on September 24, 2014 by Rashid Faridi

India created history on Wednesday, becoming the first country to successfully get a spacecraft into the Martian orbit on its maiden attempt. Indian Space Research Organisation’s Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) spacecraft started orbiting the red planet at 7.47am,  12 minutes later … Continue reading →

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LIFE on Other Planets

Posted on May 3, 2008 by Rashid Faridi

Life as we know it on earth is carbon based and requires a certain environment to survive. Even so, there are creatures on earth which seem to be able to survive in harsh environments, where the temperatures are very cold, … Continue reading →

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