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India's Mars mission suffers glitch
India's Mars spacecraft suffered a brief engine failure on Monday as scientists tried to move it into a higher orbit around Earth. During a fourth repositioning to take it 100,000 kms from Earth, the thruster engines briefly failed, leading the auto-pilot to take over but controllers denied any setback to the ambitious low-cost mission.
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I really hope this was a minor glitch that will not cause any further problems.