Mars Orbiter technology can be used for other Indian satellites

Last Updated: Monday, November 4, 2013, 22:06

The technologies developed in building India`s Mars Orbiter can be incorporated in other satellites the country would build saving costs and increasing performance, say Indian space scientists.

Indian scientists in Mars mission

Last Updated: Monday, November 4, 2013, 21:56

The following are the Indian scientists who have made the Mars Orbiter Mission possible:

Mars mission to boost India`s credentials for global missions

Last Updated: Monday, November 4, 2013, 17:53

Terming India`s Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) as well thought-out and a key milestone, former ISRO Chairman K Kasturirangan Monday said it would boost New Delhi`s credentials to join future collaborative international deep-space missions.

Indian sensor to sniff out methane in Martian orbit

Last Updated: Monday, November 4, 2013, 16:21

India`s tryst with Mars could lead to finding methane on the Red Planet for the first time by a sensor onboard the spacecraft being launched Tuesday from Sriharikota spaceport, 80 km northeast of Chennai.

Preparatory work in full swing for Mars Orbiter Mission

Last Updated: Monday, November 4, 2013, 10:33

India is inching towards a milestone in space technology with preparatory work in full swing at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota to launch the country`s first inter-planetary satellite to Mars tomorrow.

NASA`s Maven probe to reveal why Mars lost its atmosphere

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 30, 2013, 13:47

NASA is set to launch its Maven probe to Mars next month to find out why the Red Planet lost much of its atmosphere.

Curiosity confirms Martian meteorites originated from Mars

Last Updated: Thursday, October 17, 2013, 11:49

Mars rover Curiosity has just proven that Martian meteorites are really from the Red Planet.

New type of impact craters found on Mars

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 9, 2013, 13:13

Scientists are trying to study how a category of unusual impact craters formed on Mars.

NASA`s Curiosity rover sends high-resolution pic of 1909 VDB penny

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 9, 2013, 12:32

An instrument that is on NASA`s Curiosity rover has sent back an ultra high-resolution photograph of a penny that the rover carried to Mars.

Scientists create Martian clouds on Earth

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 8, 2013, 15:13

Researchers have recreated Mars-like conditions in a 3-story-tall cloud chamber in Germany.

Martian chemical complicates hunt for life`s clues on Red Planet

Last Updated: Friday, September 27, 2013, 15:59

An investigation has revealed that perchlorate - a salt comprising of chlorine and oxygen - causes the evidence of life to burn away during the tests.

Volcanic history of Red Planet set to unravel

Last Updated: Friday, September 27, 2013, 13:24

Mars rover Curiosity has completed the first comprehensive mineralogical analysis Mars using a standard laboratory method for identifying minerals on Earth.