December 2014
India joins the major league with the Mars Orbiter Mission
... briefly shed a tear or two. Prime Minister Modi shook hands with all the team members. India’s Mars Orbiter Mission, affectionately called MOM, had at once become the nation’s brand ambassador. In his much quoted nationwide address...
June 2014
Is there a space race or are India and China just coming of age?
... and rover in 2016 or later. India also launched the robotic Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM, nicknamed Mangalyaan) toward the Red Planet in November 2013. If it successfully enters orbit around Mars in September 2014, as planned, the Indian Space Research...
18 May 2020
India opens its space industry to private firms and start-ups
... Research Organisation) has seen a number of successes in recent years including an historic launch of 104 satellites on a single mission in 2017 and a Mars Orbiter Mission that has been circling the Red Planet for over five years. It has also seen...
May 2017
India confirms commercial launch intent
... records, attracting interest not only within the country but overseas too, including China. After India’s Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), it was this flight which aroused more curiosity and public interest compared to some of the other...
01 December 2014
India reaches Mars at first attempt
...Satish Dhawan space centre in India in November 2013, the Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), or Mangalyaan probe, successfully went into orbit around the red planet on 24 September 2014. This mission by the Indian Space Research Organisation was carried out...
19 April 2019
Mission to Mars by 2033 not viable says independent report
... programs and ongoing testing, SLS and Orion present low technology risks to a Mars orbital mission.’ Instead it suggests that one of the stumbling blocks for a Mars mission could be the space station itself; “overall, the Gateway presents medium...
