Today our Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter mission marks 15 years since launch. It has shown us an active Red Planet, capturing dust devils, fresh impact craters, and even avalanches in progress from orbit – all while also supporting ground operations. See more: go.nasa.gov/3kExWRu Learn all about the mission: mars.nasa.gov/mro/ | NASA Mars

#Gravitas | India's Mars mission, Mangalyaan, has stopped communicating with the Earth. ISRO has said that it has run out of fuel, 8 years after it entered Mars' orbit. Did Mangalyaan conk off before time or did the mission exceed expectations? Priyanka Sharma Pahwa brings you a report. | WION

ISRO’s Mangalyaan mission embarked on an incredible journey to explore Mars, overcoming numerous challenges along the way. This historic mission, also known as the Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), aimed to study the Red Planet’s atmosphere and search for signs of life. Despite limited resources, Mangalyaan successfully reached Mars’ orbit in September 2014, making India the first Asian nation to achieve this feat. It faced obstacles like precise Earth-Mars trajectory calculations, interplanetary navi