This Article is From Nov 06, 2013

World cheers India's Mars mission

World cheers India's Mars mission

India on Tuesday successfully launched Mangalyaan to Mars.

India on Tuesday successfully launched Mangalyaan to Mars, a Rs. 450-crore mission that has been in the making for over 15 months with over 500 scientists working on it.

Here is what the foreign media is saying on the launch:

The Guardian: India's Mars rocket Mangalyaan blasts off

India aims to follow US, Europe and Russia in having successful Mars mission amid criticism at home about Isro's spending. Read more

ABC News: India launches Mars orbiter mission, heralds new space race

The Curiosity rover might be getting a visitor from Earth sometime next year, courtesy of the world's largest democracy. Read more

Los Angeles Times: India's Mars spacecraft begins journey to the Red Planet

The spacecraft lifted off early Tuesday morning. It will spend the next several weeks in orbit around Earth and on Dec. 1 head out on the arduous 300-day journey to the Red Planet. Read more

The New York Times: Indian craft is lofted toward Mars, trailed by pride and questions

India lofted a Mars-bound spacecraft into Earth's orbit on Tuesday, a major step in its hopes to become the first country in Asia to reach Mars. Read more

Time: India Races To Space With a Mission to Mars

India's Mars mission took fifteen months to complete at a cost of $74 million, the cheapest Mars mission yet attempted. Read more

Washington Post: India launches its first mission to Mars in step toward space travel

India on Tuesday launched its first spacecraft bound for Mars, a complex mission that it hopes will demonstrate and advance technologies for space travel. Read more

The Wall Street Journal: India Launches Mars Mission

India launched a spacecraft toward Mars on Tuesday, setting the country on course to become the first in Asia to reach the Red Planet and lifting the national mood at a time of economic uncertainty. Read more
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