On this day in 2013 - November 5th - the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launched the Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM).

MOM - also called Mangalyaan ("Mars-craft" in Sanskrit) was India's first interplanetary mission. In September 2020 it completed its sixth year in orbit.


Mona Evans
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