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This image depicts the journey of India's Mars Orbiter Mission, the country's first interplanetary mission. The Indian Mars orbiter will arrive at the Red Planet on Wednesday, Sept. 24, India Standard Time (late Tuesday, Sept. 23, U.S. Eastern Time).

India's First Mission to Mars Set to Arrive at Red Planet

By Elizabeth Howell published

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NASA's Mars Maven in Orbit

How to Get to Mars: NASA and India Face Big Tests at Red Planet

By Mike Wall published

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Artist's impression of NASA's MAVEN mission

Mars Probes from US and India Arrive at Red Planet This Month

By Elizabeth Howell published

Two spacecraft on their way to Mars are performing well as they close in on the Red Planet this month.

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Artist's Concept of MAVEN in Orbit

Mars-Bound Probes Built by India and NASA Are Nearing the Red Planet

By Elizabeth Howell published

Two Mars-bound spacecraft are both in excellent health ahead of their September arrivals in orbit around the Red Planet, managers for both missions report.

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SpaceShipTwo's Rocket Engine in Flight

5 Most Amazing Spaceflight Feats of 2013

By Elizabeth Howell published

Space feats reached internationally and into interplanetary space in 2013, with milestones stretching from Earth to Mars.

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An artist's illustration of India's Mars Orbiter Mission spacecraft, called Mangalyaan, launching in November 2013.

India's First Mars Probe Begins Journey to Red Planet

By Stephen Clark published

India's first robotic Mars probe set sail for the Red Planet Saturday with a vital rocket burn to catapult the spacecraft out of the realm of Earth's gravity and into interplanetary space.

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India's first mission to Mars, the Mars Orbiter Mission, launches the Mangalyaan orbiter toward the Red Planet atop a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle on Nov. 5, 2013 from the Indian Space Research Organisation's Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota.

India's Mars Orbiter Overcomes Engine Glitch

By Stephen Clark published

A week into its mission, India's Mars probe overcame a bout of engine trouble Monday with an unplanned maneuver to boost its orbit after a rocket firing failed to do its job Sunday.

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India's first mission to Mars, the Mars Orbiter Mission, launches the Mangalyaan orbiter toward the Red Planet atop a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle on Nov. 5, 2013 from the Indian Space Research Organisation's Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota.

Liftoff! India's First Mars Probe Launches Toward the Red Planet

By Miriam Kramer published

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India's Mars Orbiter Mission Readied for Launch

India's First Mission to Mars Launching Tuesday

By Tariq Malik published

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An artist's illustration of India's Mars Orbiter Mission spacecraft, the country's first Mars-bound probe, which is due to launch toward the Red Planet in Fall 2013.

India's First Mars Probe Launch Set for Nov. 5

By K.S. Jayaraman published

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