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India's Mars Orbiter Mission Has a Methane Problem
December 08, 2016 | ArticleThe methane-detecting instrument aboard the ISRO MOM spacecraft has been re-purposed after NASA scientists uncovered a design flaw.
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India's 1st Mars Mission Celebrates One Year at Red Planet
September 24, 2015 | ArticleThe Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) spacecraft, also known as Mangalyaan, arrived at the Red Planet on the night of Sept. 23, 2014 (Sept. 24 GMT and Indian Standard Time) — just two days after NASA's MAVEN probe reached Mars orbit.
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US, India to Team Up on Mars Exploration
October 01, 2014 | ArticleNASA and the Indian Space Research Organisation will investigate ways to collaborate on future Mars missions, officials said Tuesday. The two agencies also laid out their roles on the NISAR Earth-observation mission, which is due to launch in 2020.
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Indian Spacecraft Snaps Spectacular Portrait of Mars (Photo)
September 29, 2014 | ArticleIndia's first spacecraft to visit Mars has beamed home its greatest photo of the Red Planet yet, a spectacular view that reveals the planet from pole to pole.
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India's First Mars Probe Makes Historic Red Planet Arrival
September 23, 2014 | ArticleIndia's Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) probe was captured by the Red Planet's gravity around 10:11 p.m. EDT Tuesday, making India just the fourth entity — after the United States, the Soviet Union and Europe — to place a spacecraft in Mars orbit.
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India's First Mission to Mars Set to Arrive at Red Planet
September 22, 2014 | ArticleThe Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) should finish its 24-minute orbit-insertion burn at 10:11 p.m. EDT Tuesday. Confirmation of the success (or failure) of this crucial maneuver should come to ground control minutes later, mission officials have said.
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How to Get to Mars: NASA and India Face Big Tests at Red Planet
September 20, 2014 | ArticleAfter streaking through space at mind-numbing speeds for 10 months, NASA's MAVEN probe and India's Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) spacecraft will have to slam on the brakes if they hope to be captured into orbit Sunday and Tuesday.
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Mars-Bound Probes Built by India and NASA Are Nearing the Red Planet
August 08, 2014 | ArticleTwo Mars-bound spacecraft are both in excellent health ahead of their September arrivals in orbit around the Red Planet, managers for both missions report.
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India's First Mission to Mars Launching Tuesday
November 04, 2013 | ArticleIndia's space agency is counting down to launch its first mission to Mars on Tuesday (Nov. 5), a mission that — if successful —will place the country in an exclusive club of nations capable of sending probes to the Red Planet.
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India's First Mars Mission Prepares for Launch | Video
October 14, 2013 | VideoEngineers with the Indian Space research Organisation prepare the country’s first Mars probe, the Mars Orbiter Mission, for its fall 2013 launch toward the Red Planet.
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