These images will aid planetary scientists.” Very few full disk images have ever been taken in the past, mostly on approach to the planet, as most imaging is done looking straight down in mapping mode. The spacecraft is in an elliptical orbit with a high apoapsis, and has a high resolution camera which is taking full-disk color imagery of Mars. An Indian spacecraft has gone into orbit around Mars on the very first try. The award, which is in recognition of the success of the rare feat in its maiden attempt, will be presented to an ISRO representative in May, during the NSS’s 34th International Space Development Conference, to be held in Toronto, Canada.Īs per a statement issued by the Society, “This mission has achieved two significant mission firsts.ġ. Mylswamy Annadurai, was announced the winners of the 2015 Space Pioneer Award in the Science and Engineering category by the US-based National Space Society (NSS). MOM has outlived the “Prime” mission life of six months in Mars orbit and continues to deliver scientifically significant data sets, ISRO said, adding, the team MOM has proficiently handled the scientific, technical, managerial and financial aspects of the mission.India’s first interplanetary mission continues to set its trail ablaze as ISRO’s Mars Orbiter Programme Team, headed by Dr. The spacecraft’s life was extended for another six months in March due to surplus fuel. Health of the spacecraft is normal, ISRO said. All payload (spacecraft’s scientific instruments) operations are also suspended. No commands are transmitted to the spacecraft during this period for safety reasons and only telemetry (spacecraft’s health related information) is monitored. The conjunction for Mars Orbiter Spacecraft began on and will extend up to July 01, 2015. As a result of this event which happens once in 2.2 years for Mars, communication signals from the spacecraft are severely disrupted by the Sun’s corona (outer atmosphere), it said. The spacecraft is under ‘solar conjunction’ at Mars, which means the spacecraft, which is orbiting Mars, is behind the sun as viewed from the Earth. The space research organisation also said Mars Orbiter Spacecraft (MOM) is under ‘solar conjunction’ at Mars, which will extend till July 1. The Space Pioneer Award consists of a silvery pewter Moon globe cast by the Baker Art Foundry in Placerville, California, from a sculpture originally created by Don Davis, the well-known space and astronomical artist, ISRO said. In 2009, NSS, an independent non-profit educational membership organisation, dedicated to the creation of a space faring civilisation, presented similar award to ISRO in recognition of the great accomplishment they have made in the success of the Lunar Probe, Chandrayaan-1. The ISRO spacecraft was launched on its nine-month-long odyssey on a homegrown PSLV rocket from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh on Novemand had escaped the earth’s gravitational field on December 1. Scripting space history, India on Septemsuccessfully placed its low-cost Mars spacecraft in orbit around the red planet in its very first attempt, breaking into an elite club of three - US, Russia and Europe who have successfully undertaken missions to Mars or its orbit. It said the National Space Society (NSS) of USA presented the award in recognition of ISRO’s efforts in accomplishing Mars Mission in its very first attempt. Space Pioneer award for the year 2015 was presented to Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) in the Science and Engineering category during the 34th Annual International Space Development Conference held at Toronto in Canada during May 20-24, 2015, city-headquartered ISRO said on its website. The country’s low-cost Mars mission which is in rendezvous with the red planet for an extended period has been presented with the Space Pioneer award for the year 2015 by the US’ National Space Society.
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