Mangalyaan: From drawing board to Mars in just 4 years

India on Wednesday became the first country to successfully place a spacecraft into Mars’ orbit at the first try. But the road has not been easy. It has taken India four years to achieve this......

Mangalyaan enters last leg: Will India win Asian race to Mars?

Mangalyaan is scheduled to enter the Mars orbit on September 24. Photograph: ISRO On Monday, ISRO scientists will run a test of the Mars orbiter satellite's main engine and make a small course......

ISRO successfully manoeuvres Mars Orbiter

The first Trajectory Correction Manoeuvre of India's maiden mission to Mars was on Wednesday carried out successfully by Indian Space Research Organisation scientists on the spacecraft, which is......

Mars mission travels beyond Earth's sphere of influence

India's maiden mission to Mars has traversed beyond the sphere of influence of Earth extending about 9,25,000 km in its 10-month long voyage to the red planet. The spacecraft crossed the SOI of......