Mangalyan

The Hampi Stone Chariot is seen on the fluorescent blue Rs 50 note while the Rs 100 currency note depicts Rani Ki Vav, located in Gujarat.

Nearly two years after it was launched, 'Mangalyaan' is still functioning well, and with a planned course correction next January to extend its battery life, it would keep going for many years, ISRO chairman AS Kiran Kumar said today.

India's maiden mission to Mars, Mangalyaan, has successfully completed six months in the Red Planet's orbit - the nominal period for which it was originally designed. The satellite could, however, last a long time in the Martian orbit, thanks to the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)'s frugal ways.

Siding Spring will be the first comet from the Oort Cloud to be studied closely by spacecraft.

The Hampi Stone Chariot is seen on the fluorescent blue Rs 50 note while the Rs 100 currency note depicts Rani Ki Vav, located in Gujarat.

Nearly two years after it was launched, 'Mangalyaan' is still functioning well, and with a planned course correction next January to extend its battery life, it would keep going for many years, ISRO chairman AS Kiran Kumar said today.

India's maiden mission to Mars, Mangalyaan, has successfully completed six months in the Red Planet's orbit - the nominal period for which it was originally designed. The satellite could, however, last a long time in the Martian orbit, thanks to the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)'s frugal ways.

Siding Spring will be the first comet from the Oort Cloud to be studied closely by spacecraft.