World cheers Indias Mars mission 1. 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 worlds largest democracy. 2. Los Angeles Times: Indias 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. 3. The New York Times: Indian craft is lofted toward Mars, trailed by pride and questions India lofted a Mars-bound spacecraft into Earths orbit on Tuesday, a major step in its hopes to become the first country in Asia to reach Mars. 4. TIME India Races To Space With a Mission to Mars Indias Mars mission took fifteen months to complete at a cost of $74 million, the cheapest Mars mission yet attempted. 5. 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. 6. 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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