ISRO’s Mangalyaan to encounter Siding Spring comet in October

SOURCE: FINANCIAL EXPRESS The passage of a comet, Siding Spring, will be the first astronomical event that the Indian Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) spacecraft or ‘Mangalyaan’ will encounter once it reaches the red-planet next month. The comet that is scheduled to fly past the red planet on October 19 could pose a potential threat to […]



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