Mars Orbit

NASA's Maven explorer arrives at Mars after year long journey

NASA is back at Mars. The Maven spacecraft arrived at the red planet after a 442 million-mile (700 million kilometre) journey that began nearly a year ago.

Mars mission: Isro to raise Mangalyaan orbit to 28,485 km tomorrow

"We will do six orbit raising activities and the final and most important one will be the sixth one to push the Mars Orbiter towards the red planet", an Isro official said.

Mars mission: Isro to raise Mangalyaan orbit to 28,485 km tomorrow

"We will do six orbit raising activities and the final and most important one will be the sixth one to push the Mars Orbiter towards the red planet", an Isro official said.