India Enters Space Race with Asia As It Launches Its First Moon Mission
Deseret News (Salt Lake City) › October 22, 2008
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NEW DELHI -- Scientists have better maps of distant Mars than the moon where astronauts have walked. But India hopes to change that with its first lunar mission.
Chandrayaan-1 -- which means "Moon Craft" in ancient Sanskrit -- launched from the Sriharikota space center in southern India early this morning for a two-year mission aimed at laying the groundwork for further Indian space expeditions.See the full content of this document
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India Enters Space Race with Asia As It Launches Its First Moon Mission
Chief among the mission's goals is mapping not only the surface of the moon, but what lies beneath. If the launch is successful, India will join what's shaping up as a 21st century space race with Chinese and Japanese crafts already in orbit around the moon.
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