Mangalyaan Gets Ready To Enter Mars Orbit

Posted by timothy on Sunday August 24, 2014 @04:14AM from the space-is-a-big-place dept.

William Robinson (875390) writes India's Mars Orbiter Mission, known as Mangalyaan is now at a distance of just nine million kilometres from the red planet, and is scheduled to enter the orbit of Mars at 7.30 am on September 24. Mangalyaan was launched on 5th November 2013 by ISRO, presently busy planning to reduce the speed of the spacecraft through the process of firing the LAM engine and bring it to 1.6 km/sec, before it is captured by the planet's gravity. Eventually, the mission's official updates page should catch up.

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Re:Not news by Rosco+P.+Coltrane · 2014-08-24 04:32 · Score: 0, Troll

I'm reminded of the old joke:
"What famous event happened in 1732?"
"George Washington was born."
"Very good. Now what famous event happened in 1743?'
"George Washington became 11 years old."
It must be an old joke alright, cuz I've never heard it, and it ain't funny.

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