India loses contact with budget Mars orbiter after eight years
India has lost contact with its Mars orbiter, eight years after the low-cost probe made it the first Asian nation with a spacecraft circling the red planet, its space agency said.
India has lost contact with its Mars orbiter, eight years after the low-cost probe made it the first Asian nation with a spacecraft circling the red planet, its space agency said.
Space Exploration
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Astrobiology
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Planetary Sciences
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Planetary Sciences
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Space Exploration
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Planetary Sciences
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