India 'uplifted' for the mission to explore Mars

The head of the Indian space agency on October 31 issued a warning about a high degree of complexity in the mission to explore Mars , while the country is preparing to launch its first probe into polling. Red planet atmosphere.

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"We can see that until now there are 51 missions toward Mars and only 21 successful missions , " Mr. K. Radhakrishnan told AFP in an interview and added: "It is a porcelain. Complex destiny ".

Under the plan, India's 1.3-ton Mars Orbiter will begin a 300-day mission on November 5, when it is launched into space from the Sriharikota Space Center at the bay. Bengal.

According to Mr. Radhakrishnan, Director of the Indian Space Research Agency (ISRO), in space, we do not need to worry about success or failure because the difference between success and failure is very fragile.

After the moon it is Mars's turn to be in India's ambition to explore - (Photo: AFP)

"But it must work well and be best. And if the mission fails, it must be understood. Failure is a stepping stone to success," he added.

In addition, the head of the Indian space agency also said that the Mars Orbiter mission is a "turning point" for the country's ambition to explore the universe, after the success of the Chandrayaan-1 ship launched by New Delhi. moon director in 2008.

So far, a few countries have made the launch of a probe to Mars research, including the US, Russia, Japan, the European Union and India's regional rivals China, which has failed. in 2011.

Speaking to AFP, Mr Radhakrishnan denied any information that India is trying to compete with China after Beijing has taken astronauts into space.

It is known that the mission worth $ 73 million to launch the Mars Orbiter (also known as Mangalyaan) that flies to Mars orbit will be done with the improved four-floor PSLV rocket (also known as PSLV-XL). 350 tons.

As expected, the Mars Orbiter will take about 10 months to fly the 400 million km route through space to reach the orbit of the red planet.

The ship will carry five scientific devices manufactured by India to study the Martian atmosphere, in search of traces of methane - a sign of the existence of life; Take color photos of the red planet and find out if there is water on it.