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Space Facts: Part 3 - Cheapest Interplanatery Mission, Comets, Magnetic Field, Different types of Stars

Cheapest Interplanetary Spacecraft: Mangalyaan Mangalyaan mission cost was 450 Crore Rupees. Rocket: PSLV-C25 Organization: ISRO Mangalyaan spacecraft 150 Crore. Rocket Cost: PSLV-C25: 110 Crore. Weight of Mangalyaan: 1350 Kg, out of 1350 Kg, 500 Kg is weignt of spacecraft and rest is fuel weight. Mangalyaan is also called Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), Travelled for 25 days around earth changing 6 orbits, and 326 days between Earth and Mars. Comets: Kuiper Belt and Cloud of Urt are home to most of the comets of our solar-sysem. Some well known comets are: 1. Comet Siding Spring: Took a fly-by near Mars on October 19, 2014.  2. Great Comet of 1980 was the first Comet Registered. 3. Haley's Comet: Passes near Earth every 75 years. 4. Comet Shoemaker Levy 9, a comet that ended up clashing with giant Jupiter! It's the first collision ever recorded by any celestial body in our solar system. When this comet was passing nearby Jupiter due to high gravity of plan...

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