130 thousand Indians booked tickets to Mars

More than 130 thousand Indians have booked a flight to Mars which is a part of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s In Sight mission. In Sight, which stands for Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport, is slated to be launched on May 5, 2018. In Sight is a 728-day mission, which is expected to land on Mars on November 26, 2018. The space agency has said that those who have submitted their names have been provided online boarding passes. All the names are reviewed, approved and then etched onto a microchip, the space agency has said. The microchip will then be placed aboard the spacecraft, which will land on Mars.

Source: NASA