Tuesday, 5 November 2013

India's Mars Orbiter Mission launches successfully



Today at 2:38 PM IST, India made its bid to join the elite rank of interplanetary space-faring nations with the successful launch of its unmanned Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) from the First Launch Pad at the Indian Space Research Organisation’s (IRSO) Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SHAR) on the island of Sriharikota, atop a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C25)... Continue Reading India's Mars Orbiter Mission launches successfully

Section: Space

Tags: India, ISRO, Launch, Mars, Mars Orbiter Mission

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