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Transcript of Mars mission
INDIANS BEING MARTIANS
24-SEPTEMBER-2014
Introduction to Mars
Mars is the fourth Planet from the Sun
and the second smallest planet in the solar
system after Mercury.
Named after the “Roman god of war” , it is
often described as the “Red Planet” because the iron
oxide prevalent on its surface gives it a reddish
appearance.
MOM
It is a Mars orbiter launched into Earth orbit on 5th Nov
2013 by the Indian Space Research Organization(ISRO).
It was successfully inserted into Orbit of Mars on 24th
Sept 2014 (Yesterday), making India the first country in
the world to successfully send a spacecraft to Mars on
it’s very first attempt.
Documentary Video
India’s step towards Mars
According to ISRO, the Mars spacecraft was successfully
inserted into the Martian orbit at 515 km away from the red
planet’s surface and 215 million km away from the earth in radio
distance. The challenging task of the Mars Orbit insertion began
at 4:17 AM yesterday, when the spacecraft switched over to the
medium gain antenna for emitting and receiving radio signals.
PM’s Message and Speech
According to Prime Minister:
“We have dared to reach out into the unknown and have achieved the near impossible”
-Narendra Damodardas ModiHe congratulated Indians and
ISRO scientists for the success, despite and constraint of resources.
PM’s Message and Speech
Possibilities of life on Mars
Mars is of particular interest for the study of the origins
of life because of its similarity to the early Earth. This is
especially so since Mars has a cold climate and lacks plate
tectonics or continental drift.
It remains an open question whether life currently
exists on Mars or has existed there in the past, and fictional
Martians have been a recurring feature of popular
entertainment of the 20th and 21st centuries.
“Go MOM!.................Go”,
make INDIA SUPERPOWER.