India’s Mars orbiter dies after eight years: The Indian Mars Orbiter Craft, Mangalyaan has runs out of fuel and battery after completing 8 years.
ISRO has launched the Mars Orbiter Mission (MoM) on November 3, 2013. The spacecraft entered the Martian orbit on September 24, 2014.
October 2022 Current Affairs Quiz
It helped to study the Martian landscape including surface geology, morphology, atmospheric processes, surface temperature, and atmospheric escape process. India is the first nation in the world to reach Mars on a Maiden attempt.
