India's first spacecraft bound for Mars is counting down toward a late October launch, a mission that -- if successful -- could make the country's space agency one of the elite few of space powers to ...

India's Mars orbiter, Mangalyaan, has successfully inserted itself into Mars orbit. India becomes only the fourth space agency to successfully make it into Mars orbit, behind the Soviets, NASA, and ...

Tonight is a big night for the planet occupied entirely by robots: the Mars Orbiter Mission is the second spacecraft in two days to slip into orbit around the red planet, and the first interplanetary ...

Twelve years after India’s remarkable achievement with the Mangalyaan mission, the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) has officially announced its plans to land on Mars for the first time. The ...

After 12 years of the historic success of Mangalyaan (Mars Orbiter Mission), the Indian Space Research Organisation (commonly known as ISRO) has confirmed that they are working on another major ...

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has confirmed that it will launch the Mangalyaan-2 mission in 2030, twelve years after India’s historic Mars Orbiter Mission put the country on the global ...

This essay is an entry in our "Dear Spacecraft" series, where we ask writers, scientists, and astronomy enthusiasts to share why they feel personally connected to robotic space explorers. It’s been ...

A Mars orbiter for $74 million, heart surgery for $1,600 and AI without cloud bills — India’s frugal engineering model is reshaping the economics of innovation. India's Mars mission succeeded at ...

Mangalyaan's impressive eight-year run in Martian orbit has likely come to an end, with the Indian probe suffering through recent energy-starving eclipses. Reading time 2 minutes In orbit around Mars ...

Caption: Mars Orbiter Mission spacecraft being prepared for a prelaunch test at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, India. Credit: ISRO photo GOLDEN, Colo. — India’s first spacecraft bound ...