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- India Successfully Launches First Mission to Mars Wed, 6 Nov 13, 3:27amToday India successfully launched its first spacecraft bound for Mars. The 3,000-pound Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C25) named Mangalyaan (Mars Craft in Hindi) took off from the island of Sriharikota on the country’s...
- UK Scientists Launch the World’s First Smartphone-Powered Satellite Wed, 27 Feb 13, 2:32amThe world’s first smartphone-powered satellite was successfully launched into orbit yesterday. STRaND-1 went into space aboard the Indian Space Research Organization’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle. Only 11.8 inches...