The Red Planet Beckons: India's next target beyond the moon. NASA From Popular Science:
India terminates its lunar probe and plans to launch its first Mars mission as early as 2013.
India has officially given up on its lunar probe Chandrayaan-1, which launched in 2008 and stayed alive for ten months before mission controllers lost radio contact. But officials are already looking forward to sending a robotic explorer to the red planet.
The nation's state-run space agency announced today a mission to Mars between 2013 and 2015. Xinhua reports that the planning will become reality after India launches its Chandrayaan-2 lunar rover in 2011.
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