22nd July 2014

Inching closer to the red planet, India’s ambitious Mars Orbiter spacecraft has covered more than 540 million kilometres, about 80 per cent of its journey for its rendezvous with the planet scheduled for September 24.

The spacecraft has covered a distance of more than 540 million kilometres on its heliocentric journey to the red planet, ISRO said today.

“Yes, that is very close to a whopping 80 per cent”. Mars Orbiter Mission and its payloads are in good health”, ISRO said on its social networking site.