ISRO’s Mangalyaan captures images of Phobos, Biggest moon of Mars

The Mars orbiter of the Indian Space Research Organization has captured images of Phobos, the biggest moon of Mars. Highlights The Mars Orbiter Mission spacecraft was placed in Mars orbit in September 2014. By this India entered the elite group of countries that hold an orbiter around the planet. The other countries that hold satellites ..

Month: Current Affairs - July, 2020

Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs

Topics: European Space Agency • ISRO • Mangalyaan • Mars Orbiter Mission • Phobos • Space exploration

MSL Mission and Curiosity Rover

Recently NASA has launched the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) with the aim to land and operate a rover named Curiosity on the surface of Mars. Curiosity rover is scheduled to land on Mars at Gale Crater on August 6, 2012. Curiosity will attempt a more precise landing than attempted previously and then help assess Mars’s ..

Month: Current Affairs - January, 2012

Topics: Aeolis quadrangle • Astrobiology • Astronomy • Curiosity • Exploration of Mars • Gale • Life on Mars • Mars • Mars rover • Outer space • Phobos • Rover