The Indian spacecraft MOI ( Mars Orbit Insertion ), known as Mangalyaan , has entered the orbit of Mars, as reported by the Space Research Organization of India (ISRO).
The main objective of the mission is to demonstrate the technological capabilities of India and study the atmosphere and surface of Mars In this way, India becomes the first country to enter Mars orbit on the first attempt and the first Asian country to reach the Red Planet . This milestone makes the India in the fourth space power to get to Mars, after the United States, the Soviet Union and the European Space Agency, according to the CNN detailed.
The main objective of this mission is to demonstrate the India’s technological capabilities and also to study the planet’s atmosphere and its surface . To do this, the probe is equipped with five instruments, including an imager includes several colors or a tracker of methane gas.
Mangalyaan , designed and built in 15 months by the Indian space agency (ISRO) was launched in November 2013 from the Sriharikota base, aboard a PSLV C-25 rocket.
This Indian mission to Mars has been praised by the country’s government for its scientific merit and “low cost” . Thus, China’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, has completed the mission budget is EUR 54 million .
According to the figures provided by the Indian Government, simulate actors Sandra Bullock and George Clooney were drifting in outer space in the movie Gravity cost more money that the Indian space mission to Mars (shooting the film cost about 77 million euros).
“I’ve heard of the movie Gravity .’m told that the cost of our space mission to Mars is less than the money invested the production of that Hollywood movie, “Modi said.
” All the credit goes to our scientists, even today our program is known for being more profitable. Our scientists have shown the world a new engineering paradigm and the power of imagination , “he said in comments reported by the newspaper The Times of India .
Narendra Modi, elected on 24 May as prime minister of India, he made these statements from Sriharikota, a platform for space launch in southern India.
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