India has added seven new names to the Martian geological map. Prominent Kerala locations like Periyar, Bekal, Varkala, ...

Kerala now joins earlier Indian names found on Mars. Ganga and craters named after Devendra Lal remain important examples.

Thiruvanantpuram: The International Astronomical Union (IAU) has recently designated several Martian geological features with ...

The IAU has approved several Kerala place-names for features on Mars, marking the first time locations from the state have ...

India's Mars Orbiter Mission, known as MOM, has ended after eight years – even though it was designed for a six-month lifespan, the Indian Space Research Organization announced this week. The Mars ...

India is often accused of not asserting itself in world affairs, of being unfocused, introverted, unrealistic or just nonaligned. That may be true, but when it comes to space, India’s ambitions aren’t ...

NEW DELHI (AP) — India celebrated putting a spacecraft into orbit around Mars on Wednesday, hoping the rare feat will show the world it is open for business in space exploration and inspire a new ...

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's low-cost mission to Mars successfully entered the red planet's orbit on Wednesday, crowning what Prime Minister Narendra Modi said was a "near impossible" push to become ...

India launched its first unmanned mission to Mars on Tuesday as it tries to join a select group of countries that have managed to land spacecraft on the Red Planet. As the rocket sped off towards ...

NEW DELHI, Aug 3 (Reuters) - India plans to send a satellite via an unmanned spacecraft to orbit Mars next year, joining a small group of nations already exploring the red planet, a government ...

India's Mars Orbiter Mission, known as MOM, has ended after eight years – even though it was designed for a six-month lifespan, the Indian Space Research Organization announced this week. The Mars ...