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Friday 16 May 2014

Mangalyaan:Space of Success.

Mangalyaan is the mars orbiter mission of ISRO(Indian Space Research Organisation) which was launched on the Earth's Orbit on 5th November 2013, which is expected to enter the Mars Orbit on 24 September 2014.
This Mars mission was launched from  Satish Dhawan Space Center , Sriharikota,Andhra Pradesh using the PSLV launch pad Rocket c - 25.
Travelling at speed of 1.55 km/sec it crossed the half way on 11 April 2014.

Some of the scientists working on the Mars Orbiter Mission are as below--

1.K. Radhakrishan – Chairman, ISRO
2.A. S. Kiran Kumar – Director, SAC[29]
3.Mylswamy Annadurai – Programme Director, MOM
4.B. S. Chandrashekar – Director, ISTRAC
5.P. Robert – Operations Director, MOM
6.Subbiah Arunan – Project Director, MOM
7.V. Kesavaraju – Post-Launch Mission Director, MOM
8.P. Ekambaram – Operations Director, MOM
9.P. Kunhikrishnan – Launch Mission Director, PSLV-XL
10.S. K. Shivkumar – Orbiting payload Director, ISAC
11.B. Jayakumar – Launch Vehicle Director, PSLV

Visit the site link below--

Structure of Mangalyaan


Scientists at work at ISRO

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