when was mars orbiter mission launched in india
Mars Orbiter Mission The Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), also called Mangalyaan ("Mars-craft", from Sanskrit: मंगल mangala, "Mars" and यान yāna, "craft, vehicle"),[9][10] is a space probe orbiting Mars since 24 September 2014. It was launched on 5 November 2013 by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).[11][12][13][14] It is India's first interplanetary mission[15] and ISRO has also become the fourth space agency to reach Mars, after the Soviet space program, NASA, and the European Space Agency.[16][17] It is the first Asian nation to reach Mars orbit (not counting the Soviet Union), and the first nation in the world to do so in its first attempt.[18][19][20][21]
Rakesh Sharma Rakesh Sharma, AC, Hero of the Soviet Union (born 13 January 1949), is a former Indian Air Force pilot who flew aboard Soyuz T-11, launched 2 April 1984, as part of the Intercosmos programme. Sharma is the only Indian citizen to travel in space.[1][2]