INDIA’S MISSION
TO MARSONE OF THE MOST ECONOMICAL
INTERPLANETARY MISSIONS EVER UNDERTAKEN
RECENTLY, INDIA’S MANGALYAAN SATELLITE SUCCESSFULLY ENTERED MARS’ ORBIT, JOINING NASA’S OWN MAVEN SATELLITE.
Namaste, @MarsOrbiter! Congratulations to @ISRO and India’s first interplanetary mission upon achieving Mars orbit.
Curiosity Rover @MarsCuriosity
ISRO’s Mars Orbiter @MarsOrbiter
Howdy @MarsCuriosity ? Keep in touch. I’ll be around.
CURIOSITY WELCOMES MANGALYAAN WITH A TWEET
LAUNCHED NOV 5, 2013
WEIGHS 1,350 KG
IN MARS ORBIT SEPT 24, 2014
CLOSEST POINT TO MARS 366 KM
MANGALYAAN
CHEAPER THAN THE FILMING BUDGET FOR
“GRAVITY (2013)”INDIA HAS SPENT LESS TO REACH MARS
THAN HOLLYWOOD PRODUCERS HAVE SPENT ON THE MOVIE “GRAVITY,” WHICH
COST $100 MILLION TO MAKE.
$74M COST OF INDIA'S
MANGALYAAN
MISSION
$671M COST OF NASA'S
MAVEN
MISSION
CHEAPER THAN NASA’S MISSION
TO KEEP COSTS LOW, INDIA RELIED ON REUSING
TECHNOLOGIES. FUEL WAS SAVED BY USING A SMALLER
ROCKET TO PUT ITS SPACECRAFT INTO EARTH’S ORBIT FIRST
BEFORE SLINGSHOTTING IT TOWARD MARS.
27 MINUTES IN EARTH’S ORBIT !LARGER ROCKET AND MORE FUEL !SINGLE BURN TO LAUNCH FROM EARTH’S ORBIT INTO INTERPLANETARY TRAJECTORY
ALMOST 1 MONTH IN EARTH’S ORBIT !SMALLER ROCKET AND LESS FUEL !SEVEN BURN MANEUVERS TO LAUNCH FROM EARTH’S ORBIT INTO INTERPLANETARY TRAJECTORY
SIZE
TIME
LAUNCH
MANGALYAAN MAVEN
MANGALYAAN’S MARS MISSION
MAP THE PLANET’S MINERAL
COMPOSITION
TAKE COLOR PICTURES OF THE SURFACE
ATMOSPHERIC ANALYSIS
MONITOR THE PLANET'S WEATHER
SOME SCIENTISTS SEE METHANE AS A POTENTIAL INDICATOR OF
BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY. ITS PRESENCE ON MARS MAY PROVIDE
EVIDENCE THAT IT WAS ONCE CAPABLE OF SUPPORTING LIFE.
MANGALYAAN IS EQUIPPED WITH AN INSTRUMENT THAT WILL ATTEMPT
TO MEASURE METHANE IN THE ATMOSPHERE.
METHANE ON MARS
WHAT’S NEXT
MEASUREMENTS OF ATMOSPHERIC COMPONENTS
BY INDIA’S MANGALYAAN MISSION WILL
COMPLEMENT OBSERVATIONS MADE BY NASA’S
MAVEN AND EUROPE’S MARS EXPRESS.
SOURCESHTTP://WWW.NBCNEWS.COM/SCIENCE/SPACE/SHINING-SYMBOL-INDIAS-MARS-ORBITER-MISSION-GOES-ORBIT-N209756 HTTP://WWW.BBC.COM/NEWS/SCIENCE-ENVIRONMENT-29341850HTTP://WWW.BBC.COM/NEWS/WORLD-ASIA-INDIA-29339370
HTTP://BLOGS.WSJ.COM/INDIAREALTIME/2014/09/23/HOW-INDIA-MOUNTED-THE-WORLDS-CHEAPEST-MISSION-TO-MARS/ HTTP://WWW.MANGALYAAN.COM/PAYLOADS.HTML
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