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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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