INDIA'S FIRST MARS SATELLITE 'MANGALYAAN' ENTERS ORBIT (STA BREAKING NEWS and ARCHIVES)

by STANews , Wednesday, September 24, 2014, 12:57

< HEARD AND READ THAT COUNTING THE ROVERS, THERE WILL BE 7 SPACECRAFT OBSERVING THE COMET GOING BY MARS. WHY SO MANY SPACECRAFT IF NOTHING IS EXPECTED TO HAPPEN? ALSO READ THAT MARS WILL BE PASSING THROUGH THE TAIL OF THE COMET. IF THERE IS WATER IN THE TAIL, COULD THERE BE AN UPSWING OF PLANT LIFE ERUPTING LATER?>

India has successfully put a satellite into orbit around Mars, becoming the fourth nation or geo-bloc to do so.

The Mangalyaan robotic probe, one of the cheapest interplanetary missions ever, will soon begin work studying the Red Planet's atmosphere.

A 24-minute engine burn slowed the probe down enough to allow it to be captured by Mars's gravity.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the country had achieved the "near impossible".

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