India's Mars Orbiter Mission completes four years in red planet's orbit

India was the first nation to reach Mars on its maiden attempt

India's mission to Mars has completed four years in the orbit. The “Mission Mangalyaan”, also known as the Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) was initially estimated to survive around six months, but it is still active and has captured the seasonal variations of the red planet for two Martian years.  
 

India was the first nation to reach Mars on a maiden attempt.

Its five payloads are functioning well, said an Isro official. One of the main objectives of the first Indian mission to Mars is to develop the technologies required for designing, planning, management and operations of an interplanetary mission. 

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