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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Helen Pidd

Monday briefing: The story of India’s space programme – and why it took off

People wave Indian flags as an Indian Space Research Organisation rocket carrying the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft lifts off on 14 July.
An Indian Space Research Organisation rocket carrying the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft lifts off on 14 July. Photograph: R Satish Babu/AFP/Getty Images

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Last week India became the fourth ever country to land a spacecraft on the moon, and the first to touch down successfully near its south pole. It was hailed as a success for “budget” missions, with the project costing £60m, less than half of the £131m it cost Christopher Nolan to make his 2014 space epic, Interstellar.

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