Indian ship MOM has also entered the vicinity of Mars

The Indian space agency said its Mars probe had entered the vicinity of Mars and was about to enter the planet's orbit.

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"Our calculations show that the probe Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) flew into the area affected by the gravitational pull of Mars," the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) announced September 22.

As planned, this ship will fly into Mars orbit within 48 hours.

MOM, also known as Mangalyaan, is India's first Mars probe to be launched in November last year. It is expected to go into Mars orbit on September 24, ending the 300-day journey from Earth.

Mars MOM probe of India - (Artwork: telegram.ee)

If successful, India will become the fourth country in the world to successfully carry out the mission of exploring Mars, after the US, Russia and the European Space Agency.

The country is currently racing space with other Asian countries, including China, Japan, South Korea and other countries.

The 1.350kg MOM weighs, equipped with five sets of tools, including a sensor to find possible signs of life, a color camera and a thermal imaging spectrometer to map the star surface. Fire as well as the mineral map of this planet. It will also analyze Mars's thin atmosphere.

The Indian government has spent $ 72 million on this mission.

Also on September 22, the US space agency (NASA) announced its MAVEN spacecraft successfully flew into Mars orbit after a long journey of 711 million kilometers in 10 months.

NASA said it will test flight on Mars orbit for six weeks before starting to study the red planet atmosphere.

It will also five times lower to a height of only 125.5 km from the Martian surface to conduct research at different heights.

According to NASA, the MAVEN project is an important preparation for implementing a plan to bring people to the red planet by 2030.

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