Conclusion of a mission... Vinit Vartak ©
24th September 2014 was the day when Lagbag began at the center of ISRO in India. No one present there had any idea that this would be a day that would give a new dimension to the technological capabilities of the entire human being, not just for India. He had the same reason. When India flew to Mars on November 5, 2013, all the scientists, researchers and space agencies of the world did not take this mission so seriously. Because 23 of the 41 missions so far have failed to insert or land on Mars. No country has managed to go to Mars in its first attempt. But history is happening and its context is changing. A golden page of such history was written in India on that day. India had given a shock to the whole world by successfully putting spacecraft on Mars.
That photo of Indian women scientists and researchers dressed in sarees was successful in changing the world's perception of India in no time. That photo not only changed the image of the Indian woman but also took the future of space missions to a different height. India's journey to Mars with only 75 million US dollars became a subject of study for many. India's Mars Mission, MOM, changed the context of space exploration. India became the first country to land on Mars in its first attempt. India has shown the world that space travel can be done for so little money.
Mom, who entered Mars with only 6 months of life, has added unprecedentedly to the knowledge we have about Mars in her last 8 years of life. India's Mangalyaan has been continuously sending information about Mars' surface features, morphology, atmosphere and outer atmosphere to ISRO for the last 8 years. Now many scientists are doing research about Mars based on this information. More than 7200 researchers from all over the world have applied to ISRO to use this information. More than 400 of them are researchers from more than 50 countries of the world. Mom helped us understand dust on Mars. The Mars rover has photographed the far side of Deimos, one of Mars' natural satellites, for the first time. And it helped scientists study landslides on Mars. ISRO recently announced the end of the MOM mission which contributed to various such researches.
ISRO has clarified that its contact with Mangalyana has ended. ISRO has expressed a preliminary estimate that MOM, which has been in contact for the last 8 years, may not have been able to recover itself after the Martian eclipse due to running out of fuel. During the eclipse of Mars, when there is no energy from the solar panel, Mars has the technology to turn the antenna towards the Earth again after the eclipse period by igniting the fuel in it. All these tasks were autonomous to fly to Mars without any assistance. But according to ISRO, after the eclipse in April 2022, probably due to the depletion of fuel on MOM, the spacecraft failed to turn its antenna towards the Earth and due to this, ISRO explained that the spacecraft lost contact.
ISRO has announced the end of India's Mars mission as it is not possible to revive MOM in any condition. India's Mars mission was a milestone in the space travel of not only India but also the entire world, it is written in golden letters in the pages of history, it is also permanently engraved on the largest 2000 rupee note in Indian currency. But somewhere it was felt that Indians have forgotten this golden moment. It is a coincidence that the Mangalyaan mission should end on the festival of the same Durga Shakti who played the lion's share in bringing India's Mangalyaan mission to Mars.
My heartiest salute to the engineers, scientists and researchers as well as workers, contractors and other organizations directly and indirectly involved in the Mangalyaan mission. I am proud and respectful of all those anonymous Indians who hoist the tricolor of India not in detention but across the earth. Mangalyaan Mishan i have also lived every day. Every update is heard and watched day and night. I have started my space writing in 2013 from the flight of this mission. All those memories got light today.
Thank you ISRO. You did it....
Jai Hind!!!
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