The Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), unofficially known as Mangalyaan, was a space probe orbiting Mars since 24 September 2014. It was launched on 5 November 2013 by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). It was India's first interplanetary mission and it made ISRO the fourth space agency to achieve Mars orbit, after Roscosmos, NASA, and the European Space Agency. It made India the first Asian nation to reach the Martian orbit and the first nation in the world to do so on its maiden attempt.
Mars Orbiter Mission spacecraft around Mars (illustration)
Mars Orbiter Mission
Launch of the Mars Orbiter Mission
Mars Orbit Insertion Profile
The Indian Space Research Organisation is the national space agency of India. It operates as the primary research and development arm of the Department of Space (DoS), which is directly overseen by the Prime Minister of India while the Chairman of ISRO also acts as the executive of DoS.
ISRO Headquarters in Bangalore, India
Vikram Sarabhai, known as the father of the Indian space program.
Vikram Sarabhai, first chairperson of INCOSPAR, ISRO's predecessor organization
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