Mangalyaan’s Gift To India On Occasion Of Independence Day

According to the Indian Space Research Organisation’s website, Ophir Chasma is part of the Valles Marineris, the largest canyon system in the solar system. In fact, it spans about 20%, or a fifth, of the entire distance around Mars.

Mangalyaan sends pictures of Ophir Chasma on Mars. Its wall contains many layers and the floors contain large deposits of layered materials. In some places, the cliffs drop 5 to 6 miles (8 to 10 kilometers), to which the Earth’s Grand Canyon, at a maximum height of 1 mile (1.6 km), pales in comparison.

The worldwide Astronomical Union has designated the word chasma that is to refer to a steep-sided depression, elongate. With the Mangalyaan mission, India became the first country in the world to send a probe on Mars in its very first attempt. India’s first-ever interplanetery mission has been successful thus far, despite its remarkably low budget.

The Mangalyaan mission costed Rs. 450 crores and was successfully launched by ISRO reached Mars in September 2014.

Since then, Mangalyaan has been busily surveying the red planet’s atmosphere and rocky surface. Over the months, the high-resolution images MOM has related have included pictures of the Aurorae Chaos, a long terrain with irregular flat blocks. Repeat visits are also being planned to Mars and the Moon. The images showed signs of fluvial activity, which means that water or similar substances could have flowed there sometime in the past.

The project’s primary objective, while also aimed at collecting data from Mars, is to serve as a demonstration of India’s ability to develop and implement interplanetary space technology.