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India Performs Successful Flight Test of Prototype Spaceplane
The Indian Space Research Organisation successfully conducted a test yesterday of its Reusable Launch Vehicle, an in-development spaceplane that took flight from an air force helicopter at an altitude of 4.5 kilometres and landed autonomously on a runway.
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Bye MUM: India’s Mars Orbiter Goes Silent After Running Out of Fuel
In orbit around Mars since 2014, India’s Mangalyaan spacecraft has suddenly gone silent. Mission controllers are no longer able to communicate with the orbiter, which is assumed to have run out of fuel and battery power, but only after long-exceeding its mission lifespan.