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Mangalyaan-2: ISRO begins preparation for 2nd mission to Mars India is preparing to send a second spacecraft, Mangalyaan-2, to Mars to study the planet's atmosphere and environment. After creating history nine years ago, India is readying to send another spacecraft to Mars. According to a report by the Hindustan Times, ISRO will be sending a second spacecraft, Mangalyaan-2, to Mars planet soon. According to the daily, Mars Orbiter Mission-2, informally known as Mangalyaan-2, would carry four payloads to the red planet. The Mangalyaan-2 mission will study aspects of Mars, including interplanetary dust, and the Martian atmosphere and environment. The mission will carry a Mars Orbit Dust Experiment (MODEX), a Radio Occultation (RO) experiment, an Energetic Ion Spectrometer (EIS), and a Langmuir Probe and Electric Field Experiment (LPEX), HT reported. MODEX will help understand the origin, abundance, distribution, and flux at high altitudes on Mars. The RO exper...

10,000 crore Gaganyaan mission aims to send a three-member crew to space for five to seven days by 2022 when India completes 75 years of independence. Vyommitra, a female humanoid robot, will be sent on India's first manned space mission, Gaganyaan. The robot will be used to test the systems and procedures that will be used for the manned mission, and to gather data on the effects of space travel on humans. Gaganyaan project envisages demonstration of human spaceflight capability by launching crew of 3 members to an orbit of 400 km for a 3 days mission and bring them back safely to earth, by landing in Indian sea waters. The GSLV Mk-III rocket which will be used for the Gaganyaan mission will have two HS200 boosters which will supply the thrust for lift-off. The HS200 is a 20-metre-long booster with a diameter of 3.2 metres and is the world's second largest operational booster using solid propellants. Gaganyaan is a mission by the Indian Space Research Organisation ...