India To Test Space Capsule As Part Of Moon Mission
India To Test Space Capsule As Part Of Moon Mission
New Delhi (AFP) Jan 03, 2007
India plans to launch a capsule into orbit early next year and bring it back to Earth, an initial step towards an unmanned mission to the moon by 2010, a news report said Sunday.
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), which has said it hopes to send an unmanned probe to the moon in the next three years, has said it needs to test its re-entry and recovery technology, the Indian Express report said.
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