This launch puts India alongside China and Japan as participants in an Asian space race

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India's Giant Leap

The Indian Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, has hailed the launch of India's first moon mission, saying the scientists had done his nation proud.

The head of India's space agency (Madhavan Nair) described the launch of the unmanned craft (Chandrayaan One) as perfect and precise. He said it will take fifteen days to reach lunar orbit.

The craft will then circle the moon for two years and send a probe down onto its surface.

European markets down after Asian fall

	EU stork markets down again

Stock markets in Europe have seen large falls following a big drop in the value of shares on Asian markets.

A short time ago the main index in London had fallen around four percentage points, as trading was dominated by fears of a global recession.

The value of the pound declined to a five year low against the dollar.

The markets in Paris and Frankfurt were also down about four per cent.

Earlier Japan's Nikkei index closed nearly seven per cent down, with a fall of more than five per cent on the Hang Seng in Hong Kong.

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