September 24, 2021 marked seven years since ISRO’s Mangalyaan spacecraft entered Mars orbit, making India the first Asian country to do so. What is even more impressive is that Mangalyaan was the country’s first interplanetary mission. I compiled this video from some pretty views of the red planet shot by the orbiter.  

Learn about the mission and its importance and read about the concerning case of missing science from it.

Image sources:

• Emily Lakdawalla, The Planetary Society

• ISRO's atlas of pictures from Mangalyaan

More Indian space coverage: blog.jatan.space/s/indian-space-progress