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Har Gobind Khorana
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Vikram Sarabhai
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Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
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Homi J. Bhabha
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Detailed explanation-1: -Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), India’s first interplanetary mission to planet Mars was launchedonboard PSLV-C25 on November 05, 2013. ISRO has become the fourth space agency to successfully send a spacecraft to Mars orbit. Though the designed mission life is 6 months, MOM completed 7 years in its orbit on Sept 24, 2021.
Detailed explanation-2: -Mangalyaan was India’s first interplanetary mission. The mission made India the first Asian country, and the fourth in the world after Roscosmos, NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration), and the European Space Agency, to get to the planet.
Detailed explanation-3: -Isro, which operated the spacecraft around Mars, confirmed that the Mangalyaan has reached its end of life after completing years of interplanetary journey. On September, 27, 2022, Isro organised a one-day national meeting to commemorate the Mars Orbiter Mission, as Mangalyaan completed eight years in Martian orbit.