Thursday 25 September 2014

India'S Mars Mission Successful On 1st Attempt, History Made



I. India On Tuesday Created Space History By Successfully Placing Its Low-Cost Mars Spacecraft In Orbit Around The Red Planet In Its Very First Attempt, Catapulting The Country Into An Elite Club Of Three Nations.

Ii. Watched By Prime Minister Prime Minister Narendra Modi, ISRO Scientists Successfully Ignited The Main 440 Newton Liquid Apogee Motor (LAM) And Eight Small Thrusters That Fired For 24 Minutes From 7.17 AM And Slowed Down The Speed Of Mars Orbiter Mission MOM Spacecraft Mangalyaan For It To Slip Into A Smooth Orbit Around The Red Planet After Almost An Year-Long Voyage.

Iii. Indias MOM Is The Cheapest Interplanetary Mission, Costing A Tenth Of NASAs Mars Mission Maven That Entered The Martian Orbit On September 22.

Iv. It Aims To Study Mars Surface And Mineral Composition, And Scan Its Atmosphere For Methane, A Chemical Strongly Tied To Life On Earth.

V. Given The High Rate Of Failures Only 21 Of The Total Of 51 Missions Sent To Mars By Various Countries Being Successful, The Success Of MOM Has Given A Boost To Indias Global Standing In Space.

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