India gears up to put Mars mission in orbit

September 15, 2014 09:08

Sleepless Indian space scientists on Sunday began the process of 'waking up' the engine of the Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) spacecraft for a four-second test on September 21.

Three days later, it will be put to its ultimate test '" firing for 24 minutes to slow down the MOM and inject it into the Martial orbit. Should they pull it off, India will be the first country to do so on debut.

The US, Russia and the European Space Agency had got it right after repeated attempts.

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