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Mangalyaan

India's Mangalyaan mission blasts off for Mars........

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Mangalyaan

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  1. Mangalyaan India's Mangalyaan mission blasts off for Mars

  2. A rocket carrying the Mangalyaan mission probe blasted off into a slightly overcast sky at 2.38 p.m. local time (0908 GMT) from a spaceport on the eastern coastal island of Shriharikota.

  3. India's Mangalyaan mission blasts off for Mars An Indian mission to the Red Planet has launched successfully, carrying an unmanned probe that will take almost a year to arrive at its destination. New Delhi wants India to be the first Asian nation to reach Mars.

  4. A PSLV rocket being moved to the launch pad at India's Sriharikota site. Credit: ISRO

  5. An impression of Europe’s Mars Express which cost nearly five times more than India's Mangalyaan’s mission. Credit: ESA

  6. With its latest mission, India has proven its technological prowess. The ambitious project aims to search the Martian atmosphere for methane, which is crucial to life on Earth. The satellite will carry out science experiments and surface imaging studies on the Red Planet.

  7. Exactly at 2.38 pm, the rocket — Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle-C25 (PSLV-C25) –standing around 44 metres tall and weighing around 320 tonnes hurtled towards the heavens with orange flames fiercely burning at its tail.

  8. At around 44 minutes into the flight, PSLV-C25 spat out the Mars orbiter

  9. A rocket carrying India's Mars Orbiter probe lifts off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, on November 5, 2013

  10. India is sending one. Dubbed as Mars Orbiter, it will be launched on November 5 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, India.

  11. Graphic on India's Mars Orbiter Mission, which was launched on November 5, 2013

  12. Indian bystanders watch a bank of screens showing the live telecast of the launch of India's Mars Orbiter Mission inside a showroom in New Delhi on November 5, 2013.

  13. Indian scientists and engineers work on a Mars Orbiter vehicle at the Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) satellite centre in Bangalore on September 11, 2013 .

  14. Mangalyaan's Mars Orbiter Spacecraft (EPA))

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