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Mangalyaan: The Indian Mars Mission That Took the World by Storm (Article Updated in 2023)

In 2013, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) embarked on a monumental mission to explore the Red Planet with Mangalyaan or Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM). Approved by the government of India, Mangalyaan was a millionaire interplanetary space project aimed at establishing an Indian craft into Mars’ orbit, with a launch date set for October of that year. The main objective of Mangalyaan was to conduct a deep study of the Red Planet and its chemistry, making ISRO the fourth space agency to reach Mars after NASA’s Curiosity Rover, Roscosmos, and ESA. This article is a small package of words that explains Mangalyaan's objectives, challenges, and interesting information about the Indian Mars craft that captured the attention of the world. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) worked on the Mangalyaan mission, which was the first time an Indian spacecraft explored the Red Planet from Mars' orbit. According to updates from ISRO, the Mangalyaan had a mass of 500 kg. This h...