After a journey of almost a year, India’s Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) has arrived at the Red Planet. On Wednesday at 7.29 am IST (02.29 GMT), the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) confirmed that the unmanned probe had successfully executed its 24 minute and 14 second engine burn and gone into orbit around Mars. With MOM’s successful rendezvous, the number of active spacecraft now studying the planet rises to eight. .. Continue Reading Now we are eight: India's Mars Orbiter Mission reaches Mars
Section: Space
Tags: India, ISRO, Mars, Mars Orbiter Mission, Spacecraft
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