1.4K views · 37 reactions | Celebrating 12 years of the launch of the Mars Orbiter Mission—India’s 1st interplanetary mission to the Red Planet. #MarsOrbiterMission #Mangalyaan Department of Science and Technology, Government of India ISRO - Indian Space Research Organisation Ashwini Vaishnaw Dr.L.Murugan Press Information Bureau - PIB, Government of India DDNewsLive All India Radio News | Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Government of India | Facebook

Today our Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter mission marks 15 years since launch. It has shown us an active Red Planet, capturing dust devils, fresh impact craters, and even avalanches in progress from orbit – all while also supporting ground operations. See more: go.nasa.gov/3kExWRu Learn all about the mission: mars.nasa.gov/mro/ | NASA Mars

ISRO’s Mangalyaan mission embarked on an incredible journey to explore Mars, overcoming numerous challenges along the way. This historic mission, also known as the Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), aimed to study the Red Planet’s atmosphere and search for signs of life. Despite limited resources, Mangalyaan successfully reached Mars’ orbit in September 2014, making India the first Asian nation to achieve this feat. It faced obstacles like precise Earth-Mars trajectory calculations, interplanetary navi