Planetary Society Blog
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TeamIndus Announces Launch Contract with ISRO
Posted: 01 Dec 2016 02:45 PM PST
http://www.planetary.org/blogs/guest...-contract.html
TeamIndus, India’s only entry for the Google Lunar XPRIZE, just announced
their launch contract with ISRO. If successful, TeamIndus would be the
first private company from India to land a craft on an extraterrestrial
body.
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ISS-bound Progress spacecraft fails to reach orbit, breaks apart over
southern Siberia
Posted: 01 Dec 2016 07:49 AM PST
http://www.planetary.org/blogs/jason...ship-awry.html
This morning's launch of an uncrewed Russian Progress cargo spacecraft to
the International Space Station went awry. Following a third-stage failure,
the vehicle reentered Earth's atmosphere and broke apart over southern
Siberia in Russia.