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03 Jul 2020

ISRO's Mars Orbiter Mission captures image of Phobos, Mars' biggest moon

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Friday shared an image of Mars' closest and biggest moon, Phobos, captured by India's Mars Orbiter Mission.

26 Sep 2017

Designed to last 6 months, India's Mangalyaan completes 3 years in Mars orbit

The country had on September 24, 2014 successfully placed the Mars Orbiter Mission spacecraft in the orbit around the red planet, in its very first attempt, thus breaking into an elite club.

Mars Orbiter Mission

20 Jun 2017

Mangalyaan, India's first Mars mission, completes 1,000 Earth days in Martian orbit

The spacecraft is expected to circle the planet for another five years as it has still got about 15kg of fuel left.

Indian Space Research Organisation

19 May 2017

ISRO conferred 2014 Indira Gandhi Peace Prize for historic Mars mission

The Prize was presented by former Prime Minister and IGMT trustee, Dr Manmohan Singh, in the presence of Mrs Sonia Gandhi, Chairperson of the Indira Gandhi Memorial Trust (IGMT), and was received by Shri AS Kiran Kumar, Chairman, ISRO on behalf of ISRO.

Indian Space Research Organisation

19 Jan 2017

ISRO realigns orbit of Mars mission spacecraft 'Mangalyaan'

The duration of the eclipse was so long that had we done nothing, the Mangalyaan's battery capacity would have got exhausted due to lack of sun rays. No effect of the eclipse was felt on Mangalyaan yesterday.

APJ Abdul Kalam

08 Dec 2016

APJ Abdul Kalam wanted to witness 'Mangalyaan' launch, reveals former ISRO chief Radhakrishnan in his memoir

According to Radhakrishnan, the former president wanted to witness the launch of Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) - India's first interplanetary mission – also known as Mangalyaan, on September 24, 2014 but had to leave Bengaluru with 'childlike reluctance' the day before as he had a university convocation to address.

Mars Orbiter Mission

26 Nov 2016

ISRO seeking scientific proposals for Mars Orbiter Mission-2 following Mangalyaan's success

A call for proposals through an Announcement of Opportunity (AO) has been made within India to seek proposal for scientific experiments for Mars Orbiters Mission-2.

03 Nov 2016

India can become big player in global space program: Award-winning author Stephen Petranek

In many ways what India accomplished by orbiting Mars is as successful as much larger organizations like the Russian space agency, NASA and European space agencies have achieved, Petranek said.

25 Sep 2016

ISRO to perform key manoeuvre on Mars Orbiter next year

ISRO Chairman A S Kiran Kumar said the MOM had completed two years yesterday, although its original mission life was slated to be six months, and that the space agency had released a lot of first year data beamed by its five payloads.

Mars Orbiter Mission

25 Sep 2016

Mars Orbiter Mission completes two years around orbit in Red Planet: ISRO releases first year data of MOM to public

The Indian space agency has released first year of MOM Long-term archive data (Sept 24, 2014 to Sept 23, 2015) to public.

Indian Space Research Organisation

22 Jun 2016

List of ISRO's achievements over the last two years

In the last two years, ISRO has launched around six satellites building India's might in space.

25 Feb 2016

Space mission: India, US explore collaboration avenues

The Mars Working Group of the two countries, which met Thursday, sought to identify and implement goals that NASA and ISRO share on Mars exploration.

04 Jan 2016

'Indian orbiter still searching for methane on Mars'

The orbiter's scientific instruments were built to study the red planet's surface, its mineral composition and scan its atmosphere for methane gas in search of life-sustaining elements for at least six months.

Science and Environment News 2015

16 Dec 2015

Major Indian space discoveries/missions of 2015

Take a look at some of the major Indian space missions this year.

05 Nov 2015

ISRO releases book on Indian Space Programme

ISRO's Mars mission is aimed at establishing the country's capability to reach the red planet and focus on looking for the presence of methane, an indicator of life in Mars.

Mars Orbiter Mission

30 Oct 2015

Check out: Spectacular image of Henry Crater from India's Mars orbiter camera!

The spacecraft has delivered a breathtaking picture of Henry Crater, a large crater in the Arabia quadrangle of Mars.

26 Oct 2015

Hindi atlas on Mars Orbiter Mission released

Union minister Jitendra Singh on Monday released the first-ever Hindi atlas on Mars Orbiter Mission and said the language could help spread awareness on space missions in the country.

Mars Orbiter Mission

05 Oct 2015

Mars data interesting, more work needed on it: ISRO

ISRO has stated that more analysis is required on the Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM).

28 Sep 2015

Mars mystery solved? NASA to reveal it today

The US space agency NASA is all set to announce major science finding from the agency’s ongoing exploration of Mars during a news pres conference at 11:30 a.m. EDT on Monday, September 28.

24 Sep 2015

DNA: Today in History, September 24

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