Bangalore: India today successfully placed its Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) in the Red Planet's orbit. Following is the chronology of events that traces the journey of Mangalyaan which lasted over 300 days:November 5, 2013: ISRO's
New Delhi: Congress President Sonia Gandhi congratulated the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and the scientific community for the successful insertion of Mangalayan into the orbit of planet Mars. It is the courage, passion and
New Delhi: As the country anxiously awaits for the success of Indian Mars Orbiter Mission, CBSE has advised school principals to make necessary arrangements for the students to witness the mission live in their schools."The
Chennai: Cruising towards its historic rendezvous with the red planet, India's Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) on Monday entered the Mars Gravitational Sphere of Influence ahead of its scheduled Orbit Insertion on September 24."Our navigators' calculations
Hyderabad: Hyderabad city-based start-up Smartur has developed a mobile application (app) built on augmented reality that allows users of Android phone and iOS mobile devices to click a selfie with Indian spaceship Mangalyaan that is
Bangalore: Ahead of India's Mars orbiter's scheduled rendezvous with the red planet on September 24, ISRO is all set for the crucial fourth trajectory correction manoeuvre and test fire of the main liquid engine on
Washington: US space agency NASA said on Wednesday its Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft will enter orbit around the Red Planet this weekend.The spacecraft has completed a 10-month space journey spanning 442 million
Washington: An MIT oxygen-creating instrument will fly on the upcoming Mars 2020 mission to study how to make oxygen out of the Martian atmosphere. NASA has announced the seven instruments that will accompany Mars 2020,
Washington: Using a computer simulation model based on a moon crater, planetary scientists have revealed that early Earth is likely to have been hit by giant asteroids capable of killing off life and completely resurfacing
Washington: The space agency launched its Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD) test vehicle Saturday from the US Navy's Pacific Missile Range Facility on the island of Kauai in Hawaii.The test was designed to help NASA engineers
Washington: Comet Siding Spring, which will brush very close to Mars later this year, is producing a lot of water - around 50 litres every second - according to NASA."Based on our observations, we calculate
Bangalore: Exactly 100 days from Monday, India's Mars spacecraft is scheduled for a rendezvous with the red planet as it is rapidly coasting towards its target covering almost 70 per cent of its journey. On
Washington: With NASA rovers Curiosity and Opportunity relaying loads of information about the Red Planet, NASA is inching closer to a manned mission to Mars.With each landing on Mars over the past three decades, the
London: Forty-four Indians, including 17 women, are among 705 aspirants shortlisted for an ambitious private mission to send four people on a planned one-way trip to Mars in 2024 to colonize the red planet. The
New Delhi: The car sized robotic rover called Curosity Rover who created controversies after it released a picture of a white light spotted on Mars has been clarified.NASA has clarified on the picture that showed
Washington: US space agency NASA said Monday its Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and Odyssey orbiter have sent back clues that liquid water may still exist today on the Red Planet.The spacecraft spotted "dark, finger-like markings" that
The Hague: Growing food on a frozen desert planet with a suffocatingly thin atmosphere, however, will be a challenge. Scientists are now bioengineering plants that can grow on mars.To investigate whether it is possible to
London: Over 1,000 aspirants, including 62 from India, have been shortlisted for an ambitious private mission to send four men and women on a one-way trip to Mars in 2024 to establish a permanent colony
Washington: The Curiosity rover has found evidence of an ancient lake on Mars that millions of years ago could have sustained life for long periods of time, NASA said."Quite honestly, it just looks very Earth-like,"
Bangalore: India's maiden mission to Mars has traversed beyond the sphere of influence (SOI) of Earth extending about 9,25,000 km in its 10-month long voyage to the red planet.The spacecraft crossed the SOI of Earth
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