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After Successful Launch, India's Mars Orbiter Is On Its Way

Posted by timothy on from the david-bowie-on-high-alert dept.

neo12 writes "India has successfully launched a spacecraft to the Red Planet — with the aim of becoming the fourth space agency to reach Mars." As our previous mention of the launch notes, getting to Mars by rocket is a long haul: if all goes well, it will be about 10 months until Mangalyaan reaches orbit.

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  1. Re:Allow me to be the first to say ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    India will be first to build toilet on mars... jai toilet