Wish India Today Is India's Mars Mission

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450 crores project started count down

Bangalore: The countdown has begun for Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) Mission Mars and the spacecraft named Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) will be launched at 2:38 pm on Tuesday from Sriharikota spaceport. It will then begin a 9-month long journey towards the red planet and enter the Martian orbit in September 2014. If the Rs 450 crore MOM mission turns out to be a success, ISRO would be the fourth space agency in the world to have sent a mission to Mars. European Space Agency (ESA) of European consortium, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) of the US and Roscosmos of Russia are the only three agencies which have so far sent their missions to the red planet. Only 21 of the total of 51 missions sent to Mars by various countries have been successful. ALSO SEE Mission Mars will lead to more exploratory missions A passion for pushing science to its limits and immense patience is the driving force behind the Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM). The scientists know that one minute error on launch day could blow Rs 450 crore and 18 months of effort into pieces.

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