Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) is ISRO's first interplanetary mission. Orbit determination of the spacecraft is always challenging especially for interplanetary missions. It is more difficult when the supported ground stations and the observations are limited. Presently, MOM is being supported by only ...
The mission returned thousands of images, giving us our first global look at the planet. The Soviet Mars 3 mission was the first to land on the surface. Unfortunately, communication ceased shortly after touchdown. The Viking program consisted of two orbiters and two landers. The landers studied...
An illustration of the Mars Orbiter Mission.ISRO In discussions at an ISRO national meeting, scientists there declared that the mission will now have run out of propellant and so it would no longer be possible to orient the spacecraft. “It was declared that the spacecraft is non-recoverable,...
India's Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) is more than 80 percent of the way to Mars and performing well, according to a Facebook update posted July 21 by the Indian Space Research Organization. MOM is expected to enter orbit on Sept. 14. The second craft, NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile...
“Our journey to Mars begins now!” announced an elated ISRO Chairman K. Radhakrishnan at the ISRO spaceport during a live broadcast of MOM’s launch from the mission control center. “We achieved orbit and we can all be proud.” Flawless liftoff of India’s Mars Orbiter Mi...
MAVEN is the first mission devoted to probing the Martian atmosphere, particularly to understand how it has changed during the planet's history. [See images from the MAVEN mission] An artist's view of India's first Mars probe, the heart of the Mars Orbiter Mission, in orbit around the Red...
For one, ask any dinosaur and you will have your answer. One can say that Mars was spared and also the five orbiting spacecraft from India (Mars Orbiter Mission), the European Union (Mars Express) and the United States (MOD,MRO,MAVEN). We have Scottish-Australian astronomer Robert McNaugh...
Mangalyaan (Mars Orbiter Mission), 2013 The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) launched its first interplanetary mission on November 5, 2013. Dubbed “Mangalyaan,” the craft is an orbiter that has primarily been used as a proof of concept for ISRO’s interplanetary tech capabilities, testi...
In the 1960s, humans set out to discover what the red planet has to teach us. Now, NASA is hoping to land the first humans on Mars by the 2030s.
One can say that Mars was spared as were the five orbiting spacecraft from India (Mars Orbiter Mission), the European Union (Mars Express) and the United States (MOD,MRO,MAVEN). We have Scottish-Australian astronomerRobert McNaughtto thank for discovering the comet on January 3, 2013, u...