India's Mars Orbiter Captures Striking View of Red Planet's Canyons

[RPK]

The "Mangalyaan" orbiter has been a major success story. It was constructed on a budget a fraction the size of most space missions — in fact, it cost less than the blockbuster space film "Gravity." It's not carrying state-of-the-art equipment like NASA's Maven orbiter, which entered orbit at nearly the same time. India's mission is more of a proof of concept, showing that the country is more than capable of undertaking serious space exploration.

India's Mars Orbiter Captures Striking View of Red Planet's Canyons - NBC News

 

[RPK]

This success not only means great views like this one, but validation of ISRO's technology and methods. Mangalyaan's original six-month mission is long over, but the orbiter will continue sending data as long as it remains functional.

 

[Nilgiri]

Nice Video released by ISRO:

http://www.isro.gov.in/sites/default/files/videos/MCC_IMG_002.mp4.mp4

This canyon is approx. 4000 Km long, 200 Km wide and 7 km deep.

 

[Providence]

This time mangalyaan's circuitry didn't get fried because of the space radiation !

 

[Sarjen29]

damn.. look at the quality

 

[trident2010]

This time mangalyaan's circuitry didn't get fried because of the space radiation !

ISRO learned from the Chandrayaan mission and corrected this probelm.

 

[Skull and Bones]

Nice Video released by ISRO:

http://www.isro.gov.in/sites/default/files/videos/MCC_IMG_002.mp4.mp4

This canyon is approx. 4000 Km long, 200 Km wide and 7 km deep.

Everything looks good with Hans Zimmer music. J/K

 

[Dr Gupta]

Quality of the pics are high quality indeed! HD like

 

[gslv mk3]

This time mangalyaan's circuitry didn't get fried because of the space radiation !

Whats your problem,kid ?