Spacecraft was launched into space on December 4
A man looks on as NASA's Orion space capsule is prepared to be unloaded from the USS Anchorage at Naval Base San Diego. (Photo: AP)
Chennai: As India celebrated its success in testing an unmanned space crew module on Thursday, over 1.7 lakh Indians had another reason to be happy as a similar Nasa spacecraft carrying a microchip containing their names was brought back safely to the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida, US, on the same day after a space odyssey. According to Nasa, a total of 1,78,144 space enthusiasts from India had their names recorded on the dime-sized microchip on board the unmanned Orion crew module spacecraft, which was launched on December 4.
( Source : dc correspondent )
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