🔬 India's Mars mission Mangalyaan launches (2013)
Where: Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, India
Nearby on the globe: Chennai Central railway station → 🌍 Open the 3D globe
📅 On This Day: November 5
November 5, 2013: India's Mars mission Mangalyaan launches. On this day in 2013, India launched its Mars probe Mangalyaan. It reached orbit around Mars the next year, making India the first country to get there on its very first try. 'Mangal' means Mars in Hindi.
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- 1893 💡 Designer Raymond Loewy was born in Paris. His sleek, streamlined trains, cars and logos changed how many everyday things in the 20th century looked.
- 1906 🔬 Astronomer Fred Whipple was born in the United States. He explained that comets are like 'dirty snowballs' made of ice and dust.
- 2007 🚀 China's first lunar spacecraft, Chang'e 1, slipped into orbit around the Moon. It went on to map the Moon's surface from above.
🧠 Question of the day
What does 'Mangal' mean in Hindi?
- Mars
- Star
- The Moon
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Answer: Mars
Questions
What happened on November 5?
November 5, 2013: India's Mars mission Mangalyaan launches. It happened in Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, India.
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Source: science.nasa.gov/mission/mom/