Mars Orbiter

UAE's Mars orbiter mission seeks to bring Hope to more places than just the red planet

Despite being the third-richest country in the world, the UAE’s scientific and engineering community is still small.

UAE's first interplanetary mission launches on 20 July – 'Hope' to be ninth active mission on Mars

The launch had been delayed on two occasions due to bad weather in Japan - n 15 July at 2.21 am IST and on Friday, 17 July at 2.13 am IST.

UAE's Hope probe to Mars launch further delayed due to bad weather in Japan; will attempt to launch between 20-22 July

The weather delaying launch isn't expected to be severe or lasting, according to the ops team, which is confident of making the current launch window.

Mars has shallow deposits of water-ice that astronauts can reach with a shovel: NASA

We may not have a spaceship to carry our astronauts to Mars yet, but NASA sure knows where to land it.

Why space agencies, companies world over are looking to Mars as the next frontier

There are currently people working on trying to establish a permanent human colony on Mars.

ISRO's Mangalyaan returns stunning images to commemorate four years orbiting Mars

Mangalyaan's onboard camera has captured 980+ images so far, which have been compiled into an atlas.

NASA's MAVEN spacecraft beams back selfie to mark four years orbiting Mars

The selfie was captured by the instrument imaging UV emissions from the Martian upper atmosphere.

Isro's Mangalyaan mission executes orbital correction maneuver to extend mission duration

Isro's maiden mission to Mars was expected to last only six months, but has been repeatedly extended by Isro engineers.

Isro to perform key manoeuvre on Mars Orbiter next year

With the Mars Orbiter Mission completing two years, Isro on Sunday said it will be doing a "major event" of effecting a manoeuvre on the Orbiter next year to reduce the impact of an "eclipse duration" to allow the spacecraft "survive" for more time.

After Astrosat success, India set to launch 23 foreign satellites

India has signed up contracts to launch 23 foreign satellites soon