मंगल कॆ दागलकै भारत नॆ आपनॊ पहलॊ मंगलयान
India’s first-ever mission to Mars launched into space today (Nov. 5), beginning the country’s first interplanetary mission to explore the solar system. With a thunderous roar, India’s Mars Orbiter Mission rocketed into space at 4:08 a.m. EST (0908 GMT) from the Indian Space Research Organisation’s Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, where the local time will be 2:38 p.m. in the afternoon. An ISRO Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle launched the probe on its 300-day trek into orbit around the Red Planet. “The journey has only just begun,” said ISRO Chairman K. Radhakrishnan after the successful launch. Less than an hour after liftoff, Radhakrishnan reported that India’s Mars probe successfully entered a staging orbit around Earth. Mars Orbiter Mission director Kunhi Krishnan describing the launch as a start to a “grand and glorious” mission. If all goes well, India’s first Mars orbiter — called Mangalyaan (Hindi for “Mars Craft”) — will arrive at the Red Planet… Read More