India is now a major player in space science after putting a craft in orbit around Mars at the first attempt earlier this year. Pallava Bagla talks to K Radhakrishnan, chair of the Indian Space ...
On Sept. 24, 2014, India's first interplanetary mission entered into orbit around Mars. The Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), also called Mangalyaan, spent 10 months getting to Mars after it launched. It ...