ISRO's Mars Orbiter Mission: ET's behind-the-scenes coverage on the successful mission

The success of ISRO's Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) on Wednesday made India the first Asian country to reach the red planet. The MOM has marked several firsts for India - ISRO's mission is the cheapest in the world and with the MOM entering Mars orbit, we have become the first nation to achieve this success at the first attempt.

From pre-launch extensive coverage, to details of the most critical moments of the mission, ET has worked to provide its readers extensive coverage on ISRO's MOM and India's potential in the global space business. We take a look at some insightful articles on MOM that ET did:

Destination Mars: Mangalyaan enters the last leg of its journey

How Mangalyaan is helping ISRO attract more and better talent

India poised to emerge as a player in global space business

K Radhakrishnan: How ISRO chief is retooling the organization

Terraforming Mars: Life as we don't know it

Why ISRO's Mars mission is the cheapest