February 23rd, 2009 
Malvika Sampat 
Photo: An Indian spacecraft takes off carrying the country’s first lunar probe, Chandrayaan-1 last autumn
India has approved a £1.7 billion plan to launch its first astronauts into space by 2015, in its latest bid to close the gap with China in what many see as a 21st Century Asian version of the Cold War race for the Moon.…
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Tags: Asian Version, Astronauts, Cold War, Deputy Chairman, Gap, Indian Space Research, Indian Space Research Organisation, Isro, Last Autumn, Lunar Probe, Manned Mission, Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Orbit, Planning Commission, Seven Days, Space Program, Space Race, Space Science, Spacecraft, Unmanned Flight 
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It was another proud moment for the country. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was shown the first pictures that were taken by Chandrayaan-1 through the Terrain Mapping Camera on Friday.
The TMC was operated in October through a series of commands, which were issued from the Spacecraft Control Centre of the Indian Space Research Organisation Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network in Bengaluru.…
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