Small steps to Mars are a big leap for Indian companies

Last Updated: Monday, December 9, 2013, 11:11

India`s Mangalyaan spacecraft was launched last month and then catapulted from Earth orbit on December 1.

India`s Mars Orbiter crosses Earth`s sphere of influence

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 4, 2013, 11:29

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.

ISRO`s Mars Orbiter tracking delayed for 5 min due to S Africa thunderstorm

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 3, 2013, 12:02

Two days after successfully injecting its Mars Orbiter into trans-Mars trajectory, ISRO revealed that a thunderstorm in South Africa, which struck above a ground station identified to track the "crucial moment" had resulted in a five minute delay in following the Indian mission.

India’s Mars Orbiter Mission spacecraft crosses lunar orbit

Last Updated: Monday, December 2, 2013, 18:42

India’s Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), informally called ‘Mangalyaan’, crossed the distance of the Moon’s orbit on Monday morning, said the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).

ISRO`s Mars Mission enters second stage, begins journey to Red planet

Last Updated: Sunday, December 1, 2013, 09:00

Crossing a major milestone in the country`s space history, ISRO`s Mars Orbiter mission on Sunday ventured out of Earth`s sphere of influence for the first time in an attempt to reach the red planet`s orbit.

Mars Orbiter readies to leave earth`s orbit

Last Updated: Saturday, November 30, 2013, 09:04

India`s Orbiter to Mars prepares to part with mother earth soon after Saturday midnight and begin its long journey to the distant red planet coasting through the cosmos for almost 10 months, a scientist said Friday.

See first image of Earth taken by Mars probe

Last Updated: Thursday, November 21, 2013, 15:35

The Indian Space Research Organisation has uploaded a photo of the Earth taken by the Mars Orbiter on its Facebook page.

ISRO to put Mars Mission spacecraft into Martian orbit on Dec 1

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 20, 2013, 10:17

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), chief Dr. K. Radhakrishnan on Tuesday said the Indian Mars mission spacecraft will be moved from the earth- centric orbit towards the sun-centric orbit on December 1.

Mangalyaan, Maven will complement each other in Mars findings

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 19, 2013, 13:40

ISRO and NASA will coordinate functions of their Mars Orbiters -- Mangalyaan and Maven -- once both get into orbit of the red planet in September next year.

ISRO performs last orbit raising manoeuvre on its Mars mission

Last Updated: Saturday, November 16, 2013, 11:03

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) today performed the last of the five orbit-raising manoeuvre on its Mars Orbiter in the early hours, raising the apogee (farthest point from Earth) of the spacecraft to over 1.92 lakh km.

Final orbit raising to take MOM to height of 2 lakh kms

Last Updated: Thursday, November 14, 2013, 19:55

The Indian Space Research Agency (ISRO) plans to raise the orbit of the Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) to an apogee height of 2,00,000 kms by November 30.

Mars mission will enthuse young minds in studying space: Kalam

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 12, 2013, 23:52

Former President APJ Abdul Kalam Tuesday said that the country`s Mars mission would not only help in learning technology and mission implementation but also enthuse young minds in further exploring the outer space.