Sending astronauts to Mars is the top long-term priority of NASA's human-spaceflight programme.

Scientists had predicted that will all uncertainties accounted for MOM would need 20 kg of fuel for six months, but it had more than that.

If the Indian probe can pin down methane again, it makes the case for organic life existing on Mars that much more likely.

While the test Firing of Main Liquid Engine of Mars Orbiter Spacecraft happened on 22-09-2014, Mangalyaan entered Mars orbit successfully t...

India could be the first to succeed in a Mars mission on the first attempt. US, Russia and the Europe succeeded only after repeated attempt...

"If everything goes as planned, MOM will get inserted into its Martian orbit around, exactly after 200 days from today," the space agency s...

This is the first Indian-made object sent into deep space from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota on November 5 last year.

India's first inter-planetary probe Mars Orbiter Spacecraft will be completing 100 days in space tomorrow in its voyage towards the red pla...

The first Trajectory Correction Manoeuvre of India's maiden mission to Mars was on Wednesday carried out successfully by ISRO scientists.

ISRO's Mars Orbiter, which was placed in inter-Mars trajectory in the early hours yesterday, has crossed Moon's orbit and is travelling bey...

ISRO has also planned four mid-course corrections in case of any deviation along its path to Martian orbit.

Isro performed the last of the five orbit-raising manoeuvre on its Mars Orbiter in the early hours, raising the apogee of the spacecraft to...

The fifth of the five orbit raising operation to raise the spacecraft's apogee of over 1,92,000 km is scheduled for November 16.

The third of the total of five orbit raising manoeuvres of the Mars Orbiter spacecraft was performed early this morning, raising its apogee.

After successful completion of the ops, the mission is expected to take on the "crucial event" of the trans-Mars injection around 12.42 AM ...

Former President and renowned scientist APJ Abdul Kalam complimented Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) for the successful launch of...

The successful launch of the country's Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) today, is only part of the country's first inter-planetary venture story.