Liftoff! India's First Mars Probe Launches Toward the Red Planet
Tuesday, November 5, 2013 - 06:00
in Astronomy & Space
India's first mission to Mars — called the Mars Orbiter Mission — launched to space today (Nov. 5) atop a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle from the Satish Dhawan Space Center on a 300-day trek into orbit around the Red Planet.