India Getting Ready For Planetary Mission Program

New Delhi (IANS) Oct 29, 2010 India’s space programme is inching closer to the realisation of its plans for inter-planetary missions, a senior official said Monday. ‘A mission to Mars, for several reasons, has become a priority for us. We are trying to actualise the ideas as soon as possible. Deep space missions have their own challenges. Gravitational forces from different planets, x-rays from sun and various other ha

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