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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses scientists and Indian officials at the Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network complex in Bangalore after its Mars Orbiter Mission, nicknamed "MOM", successfully ent

India is over the moon about its mission to Mars

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India’s big messy democracy celebrated a celestial triumph today. It’s on-the-cheap mission to Mars entered the Red Planet’s orbit on its first try, making it the first Asian nation to accomplish such a feat. And it did so for the bargain price of $75 million dollars, less than the budget for the film, “Gravity.”

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