At 2:38 PM on Tuesday November 5 Indian Standard Time, India’s maiden mission to Mars took off from the Satish Dhavan Space Center (SHAR) in Sriharikota on the Bay of Bengal. It was just two days after the moonless night of Deepawali (or Diwali), the festival which Indian celebrate with...
India, U.S. to co-operate in Moon, Mars Missions
India and the United States have agreed to expand their cooperation in civil space activities ranging from weather and monsoon forecasting to cooperative space exploration work, including future mission to the moon and Mars. According to a joint statement issued after the meeting, it was said that "Building on NASA's...