Update: Mangalyaan's Main Engine Test Fired, Maven In Orbit

Posted by samzenpus on Monday September 22, 2014 @02:21AM from the all-systems-are-go dept.

William Robinson writes Before the spacecraft is scheduled to enter Mars orbit, Indian Space Research Organization (Isro) scientists reignited the Mars Orbiter Mission spacecraft's main engine for four seconds as a trial. The liquid apogee motor (LAM) engine has been idle for about 300 days since the spacecraft left the Earth's orbit on a Martian trajectory on December 1, 2013. The short-duration test was to ensure that the engine is in good shape for the 24-minute crucial maneuver on Wednesday." In other Mars mission updates, NASA's Maven spacecraft arrived at Mars late Sunday after a 442 million-mile journey that began nearly a year ago.

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Re:I hadn't heard of Mangalyaan by tomhath · 2014-09-22 02:39 · Score: 5, Funny

If they're trying for a geocentric orbit around Mars they're going to have problems. I suspect an areocentric orbit is the goal.
Re:I hadn't heard of Mangalyaan by Muad'Dave · 2014-09-22 05:09 · Score: 4, Funny

You are not authorized to orbit my nipples.

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