Over 1 lakh Indians register to send their names to Mars

As many as 1,38,899 people from India have signed up to send their names to Mars aboard NASA's InSight Lander, scheduled to launch in May 2018. NASA received a total of 24,29,807 names from across the world, which would be etched on a silicon microchip. The people were provided with online "boarding passes" for the mission, landing in November 2018.