A beautiful new image of Mars and the moon Phobos silhouetted against the planet, taken by India’s Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM). More images available here.
Mars Orbiter Mission
India poised to launch ambitious mission to Mars this month
Mars is a planetary destination that so far has only been reached by a handful of countries including the United States, the former Soviet Union and some countries in Europe. But soon, another nation may finally take its place on that list as well – India. Having already successfully sent its first unmanned probe, Chandrayaan 1, to the Moon a few years ago, India is now setting its sights on a much more distant goal, Mars.
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