India Plans Mission to Moon Before 2008: Vajpayee

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India Plans Mission to Moon Before 2008: Vajpayee

India will send an unmanned mission to the moon by 2008, Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee said on Friday, in what is seen as an effort to showcase the country's scientific capabilities.

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India will send an unmanned mission to the moon by 2008, Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee said on Friday, in what is seen as an effort to showcase the country's scientific capabilities.

"India is ready to take a big leap in science," Vajpayee said in his Independence Day anniversary address to the nation. "I am happy to announce that before 2008 India will send a mission to the moon."

"It will be called 'Chandrayan Pratham' (First Journey to the Moon)," he said.

The mission is expected to cost New Delhi about $80 million.

China plans to send an unmanned spacecraft to the moon within the next three years. Only the United States, Russia and Japan have sent missions to the moon to date. (Agencies)

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