India's First Mars Probe - Orbit Insertion Animation

Tuesday, September 23, 2014 - 10:31 in Astronomy & Space

The Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) orbiter, named Mangalyaan, will arrive at the Red Planet at 10:11 p.m. EDT on Sept. 23, 2014. Instruments aboard the spacecraft will study the Martian surface, composition and atmosphere.

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