India's Mangalyaan satellite successfully entered Mars' orbit in September 2014, joining NASA's MAVEN satellite in orbiting Mars. Mangalyaan was one of the most cost effective interplanetary missions ever at $74 million, far less than NASA's $671 million MAVEN mission. India kept costs low by reusing technologies and sending Mangalyaan into Earth orbit first before slingshotting it towards Mars, saving fuel compared to direct launches. Mangalyaan will study the Martian atmosphere and mineral composition to learn more about whether Mars could have supported life.

1. INDIA’S MISSION
TO MARS
ONE OF THE MOST ECONOMICAL
INTERPLANETARY MISSIONS
EVER UNDERTAKEN

2. RECENTLY, INDIA’S MANGALYAAN SATELLITE
SUCCESSFULLY ENTERED MARS’ ORBIT, JOINING
NASA’S OWN MAVEN SATELLITE.

3. CURIOSITY WELCOMES MANGALYAAN WITH A TWEET
Curiosity Rover @MarsCuriosity
Namaste, @MarsOrbiter! Congratulations to @ISRO and
India’s first interplanetary mission upon achieving Mars orbit.
ISRO’s Mars Orbiter @MarsOrbiter
Howdy @MarsCuriosity ? Keep in touch. I’ll be around.

4. MANGALYAAN
WEIGHS 1,350 KG
LAUNCHED NOV 5, 2013
IN MARS ORBIT SEPT 24, 2014
CLOSEST POINT TO MARS 366 KM

5. CHEAPER THAN THE
FILMING BUDGET FOR
“GRAVITY (2013)”
INDIA HAS SPENT LESS TO REACH MARS
THAN HOLLYWOOD PRODUCERS HAVE
SPENT ON THE MOVIE “GRAVITY,” WHICH
COST $100 MILLION TO MAKE.

6. CHEAPER THAN NASA’S MISSION
$74M
COST OF INDIA'S
MANGALYAAN
MISSION
$671M
COST OF NASA'S
MAVEN
MISSION

7. TO KEEP COSTS LOW, INDIA RELIED ON REUSING
TECHNOLOGIES. FUEL WAS SAVED BY USING A SMALLER
ROCKET TO PUT ITS SPACECRAFT INTO EARTH’S ORBIT FIRST
BEFORE SLINGSHOTTING IT TOWARD MARS.

8. 27 MINUTES IN EARTH’S ORBIT
!
LARGER ROCKET AND MORE
FUEL
!
SINGLE BURN TO LAUNCH
FROM EARTH’S ORBIT INTO
INTERPLANETARY TRAJECTORY
ALMOST 1 MONTH IN EARTH’S ORBIT
!
SMALLER ROCKET AND LESS
FUEL
!
SEVEN BURN MANEUVERS TO
LAUNCH FROM EARTH’S ORBIT INTO
INTERPLANETARY TRAJECTORY
TIME
SIZE
LAUNCH
MANGALYAAN MAVEN

9. MANGALYAAN’S MARS MISSION
MAP THE PLANET’S
MINERAL
COMPOSITION
TAKE COLOR
PICTURES OF
THE SURFACE
ATMOSPHERIC
ANALYSIS
MONITOR THE
PLANET'S
WEATHER

10. METHANE ON MARS
MANGALYAAN IS EQUIPPED WITH AN INSTRUMENT THAT WILL ATTEMPT
TO MEASURE METHANE IN THE ATMOSPHERE.
SOME SCIENTISTS SEE METHANE AS A POTENTIAL INDICATOR OF
BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY. ITS PRESENCE ON MARS MAY PROVIDE
EVIDENCE THAT IT WAS ONCE CAPABLE OF SUPPORTING LIFE.

11. WHAT’S NEXT
MEASUREMENTS OF ATMOSPHERIC COMPONENTS
BY INDIA’S MANGALYAAN MISSION WILL
COMPLEMENT OBSERVATIONS MADE BY NASA’S
MAVEN AND EUROPE’S MARS EXPRESS.

12. CHECK OUT OUR OTHER SLIDESHOWS
SOURCES
HTTP://WWW.NBCNEWS.COM/SCIENCE/SPACE/SHINING-SYMBOL-INDIAS-MARS-ORBITER-MISSION-GOES-ORBIT-N209756 HTTP://WWW.BBC.COM/NEWS/WORLD-ASIA-INDIA-29339370 HTTP://WWW.BBC.COM/NEWS/SCIENCE-ENVIRONMENT-29341850
HTTP://BLOGS.WSJ.COM/INDIAREALTIME/2014/09/23/HOW-INDIA-MOUNTED-THE-WORLDS-CHEAPEST-MISSION-TO-MARS/ HTTP://WWW.MANGALYAAN.COM/PAYLOADS.HTML
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