Smooth launch for NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover

The rover was launched successfully July 30, 2020. Its mission is to search for signs of past microbial life and collect rock and dust samples …

NASA's Insight mission lands on Mars

After a 300-million-mile journey from Earth over nearly seven months, NASA's InSight spacecraft landed successfully on the surface of Mars on Monday.

ISRO successfully test-fires vital engine; Mars orbiter on final lap

Why flawless functioning of the LAM engine was pivotal to ISRO’s Martian Odyssey

MOM gears up for orbit insertion

Will India's Mars mission succeed?

ISRO has a contingency plan to salvage the mission in case the LAM engine fails

Mangalyaan out of its ‘blackout’ phase

Spacecraft would soon complete its 100th orbit around Mars

Mangalyaan is now in orbit of Mars

ISRO spacecraft joins three other orbiters of European Space Agency and NASA; ISRO scientists eagerly await information on the levels of methane …

NASA finds evidence of water on Mars

If water exists now, life too could be found on the planet

Mars mission: Mangalyaan sends first image of Red Planet

The pictures will put into context the information provided by other instruments on the orbiter

Mars’ orbiter’s main engine test-fired successfully

Stage set for final manoeuvre to insert Mangalyaan in Red Planet’s orbit

Victory is certain, yet the struggle continues

A number of crucial manoeuvres have to be executed flawlessly for MOM to not only enter Martian orbit, but also be productive in its scientific …

Mars Orbiter Mission completes 100 days in space

The spacecraft, which at present is 16 million km from Earth, has been continuously sending data, indicating all systems are functioning as expected

India’s Mangalyaan set to reach Mars' orbit in 100 days

Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) completes 70 per cent of space journey, NASA’s MAVEN also to reach Mars about the same time

How the ExoMars mission could sniff out life on Mars – and what to do next

If we do find life on Mars, it will be difficult to prove that we didn't bring it there from Earth. An insider talks us through what's at stake

NASA's Maven reaches Mars

The spacecraft will study the planet’s atmosphere for the next 10 months

Mars Orbiter Mangalyaan spots satellite Phobos, sends pictures

Phobos along with the Mars' another natural satellite Deimos was discovered in 1877

ISRO’s K Radhakrishnan is one of world’s top 10 scientists of 2014

Other winners include Rosetta flight director Andrea Accomazzo and deceased Ebola expert Sheik Humarr Khan

India's Mangalyaan is halfway to Mars

Course correction procedure scheduled in April cancelled as the Mars orbiter is already on the right path, says ISRO

First hurdle in Mars mission

Fourth orbit-raising falls short of target

'Mars mission will push new frontiers in technology'

K Radhakrishnan, chairperson of ISRO, says if Mars Orbiter Mission is successful, the organisation will look at a larger mission, possibly …

India launches its first multi-wavelength space observatory ASTROSAT

The satellite’s ability to observe the universe in optical, ultraviolet, low and high energy X-ray regions and detect minute changes sets …

Cosmic rays a serious threat to manned Mars missions, warn researchers

A highly abnormal and extended lack of solar activity is causing dangerous levels of hazardous radiation to pervade the environment of space

Mars orbiter enters sun's sphere of influence

ISRO plans four manoeuvres to ensure satellite stays on course

India launches fourth navigation satellite

ISRO blasts off the 1,425-kg rocket amidst loud cheers; satellite to be placed in geosynchronous orbit

Mars mission back on track

The spacecraft had raised concerns on Monday after failing to reach desired velocity and apogee