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India aborts moon mission launch

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Sriharikota, India | India aborted the launch on Monday of a spacecraft intended to land on the far side of the moon, less than an hour before lift-off.

The Chandrayaan-2 mission was called off when a "technical snag" was observed in the 640-tonne, 14-storey rocket launcher, Indian Space Research Organisation spokesman B.R. Guruprasad said.

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