Building on the success of the Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), also called Mangalyaan, which successfully entered Martian orbit in 2014, Isro aims to take its exploration efforts a step further. Listen to ...

4. Mangalyaan-2 Mission: Building on past successes, Isro aims to launch the second edition of the Mars Orbiter Mission in the latter half of 2024. This mission seeks to deepen our understanding of ...

ISRO originally intended to launch Mangalyaan on their Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) rocket instead of the only roughly half as powerful Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV). As with ...

When Mangalyaan entered orbit around Mars, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi had boasted that at ~$70 million, the mission was cheaper than the Hollywood film Gravity, and even an auto rickshaw ...