Erste indische Mondrakete gestartet

Sonde "Chandrayaan-1" soll zwei Jahre um den Erdtrabanten kreisen und die gesamte Oberfläche erfassen - "Historischer Moment" für Indien

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India launches first Moon mission Video

India has successfully launched its first mission to the Moon.

The unmanned Chandrayaan 1 spacecraft blasted off smoothly from a launch pad in southern Andhra Pradesh to embark on a two-year mission of exploration.

The robotic probe will orbit the Moon, compiling a 3-D atlas of the lunar surface and mapping the distribution of elements and minerals.

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India counts down to its first lunar mission

The lunar-orbiting spacecraft, Chandrayaan-1, is scheduled to blast off aboard an Indian-built rocket at 6:20 am (0050 GMT) on Wednesday from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota on India's southeastern coast.

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Ob die Inder genauso dicht halten (im Bezug auf Sichtungen) werden wie die Amis? Ich bezweifle es.