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Tuesday, October 21, 2008

To the moon...

Photo credit: ISAN

Following China's putting taikonauts in space (See 'Of great significance' and 'Alexi, Ed, Zhai...') India will be launching a lunar probe tomorrow...

Lunar Mission To Boost India In Asian Space Race
India to launch first unmanned moon mission
India will plant flag on the moon: ISRO chief
Countdown for Chandrayaan-1 begins

Posted by SNi at 10/21/2008 12:54:00 AM
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